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choicy

adj

Etymology

From choice + -y.

  1. derived from *ǵews-✻ — “to choose”
  2. derived from *kauzijaną✻
  3. derived from 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 — “to make a choice, taste, test, choose”
  4. derived from *causīre✻ — “to choose”
  5. derived from chois — “choice”
  6. inherited from chois
  7. suffixed as choicy — “choice + y”

Definitions

  1. Fastidious

    Fastidious; choosy; discriminating.

    • "As jobs became more plentiful," explained Roll, "we got more affluent, and people got more selective, and more choicy, and more independent, and I think possibly a lot of young people had a very exaggerated idea of their importance."

  2. Choice

    Choice; select.

    • I think it is very important to point out barbecue ribs, black-eyed peas, grits and collards may, in fact, be a choicy dish to many black Americans. But it also sounds pretty darn good to me, a white man.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA