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Definition of Finicky
1. Adjective. Exacting especially about details. "Very particular about how her food was prepared"
Similar to: Fastidious
Derivative terms: Fuss, Fussiness
Definition of Finicky
1. Adjective. (informal) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Finicky
1. difficult to please [adj -ICKIER, -ICKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finicky
Literary usage of Finicky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"But every precaution of the finicky one will be useless. If he runs barefoot
across the beach to have a swim, he will tread where an elephantiasis case trod ..."
2. Food Problems: To Illustrate the Meaning of Food Waste and what May be by August Neustadt Farmer, Janet Rankin Huntington (1918)
"DON'T BE finicky 103. Mr. Lay ton will eat no food that is prepared with ...
Are you finicky about eating war foods, vegetables, and other foods that we ..."
3. Faults of Childhood and Youth by Michael Vincent O'Shea (1920)
"In the circumstances it is inevitable that he should become finicky and even "cranky"
about his food. So long as Jack's parents prevent him from indulging ..."
4. The Foundations of personality by Abraham Myerson (1921)
"On the contrary his attention to the details necessary for his pleasure made of
him one of those finicky connoisseurs who, though never really pleased with ..."
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