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Definition of Fussy
1. Adjective. Annoyed and irritable.
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crabbedness, Crab, Crabbiness, Crossness, Fussiness, Grouch, Grump, Grumpiness
2. Adjective. Overcrowded or cluttered with detail. "A fussy design"
3. Adjective. Exacting especially about details. "Very particular about how her food was prepared"
Similar to: Fastidious
Derivative terms: Fuss, Fussiness
Definition of Fussy
1. a. Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
Definition of Fussy
1. Adjective. Anxious or particular about petty details. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fussy
1. overly concerned with small details [adj FUSSIER, FUSSIEST] : FUSSILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fussy
Literary usage of Fussy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Henry Irving's Impressions of America by Joseph Hatton (1884)
""fussy" — The Brooklyn Ferry — Crossing the North River —A Picturesque Crowd—'Brooklyn
... "fussy" is quite a foreigner in Brooklyn; carriage, horses, ..."
2. An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton (1872)
"Michel Angt'lo's Moses. — Paris at midnight. — The kind commissionaire. — The
pood French gentleman, and his fussy little wife. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Bug, wlj. fussy ; pleased ; conceited ; lively : ' as bug as a lop. ' Cad, s.
stinking-flesh ; offal. Cag-mag, s. refuse; offal. ..."
4. The Englishman and the Scandinavian: Or, A Comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old by Frederick Metcalfe (1880)
"In " Egil," 77, it is used of the hero who came out of a great fight unscathed.
'fussy' has degenerated in meaning; in Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic,' fus' or ..."
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