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finikin

adj

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fijnkens (“exactly; precisely”), from fijn (“fine”).

  1. derived from fijnkens

Definitions

  1. Excessively dainty or fastidious.

    • Have a great regard for the cleanliness of your hands, but do not be finikin about it.
    • The bearded creatures are quite as eager for praise, quite as finikin over their toilettes, quite as proud of their personal advantages, quite as conscious of their powers of fascination, as any coquette in the world.
    • Artifice and imitation reveal the finikin or uncertain soul as surely as deliberate bareness reveals a conscious austerity.

  2. Alternative form of finnikin

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for finikin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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