finicking
English
Etymology
Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century.
Adjective
finicking
- finical
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, chapter III, p. 29,
- […] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […]
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, chapter III, p. 29,
Noun
finicking (plural finickings)
- finicky behaviour; fussing