- finickiness
- noun see finicky
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
finickiness
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finickiness — nə̇kēnə̇s, nēk , kin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being finicky instability, irritability, finickiness about food, a tendency to sudden whims and … fancies Margaret Mead the gourmet s finickiness with his appetite William Becker … Useful english dictionary
finickiness — finicky ► ADJECTIVE 1) fussy. 2) excessively detailed or elaborate. DERIVATIVES finickiness noun … English terms dictionary
finickiness — See finicky. * * * … Universalium
finickiness — noun The quality of being finicky … Wiktionary
finickiness — fin·ick·i·ness … English syllables
finicky — adjective Etymology: alteration of finicking Date: circa 1825 1. extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards < a finicky eater > 2. requiring much care, precision, or attentive effort < a finicky recipe > •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
accuracy — Synonyms and related words: absoluteness, attention to detail, attention to fact, care for truth, circumstantiality, conscientiousness, correctness, criticality, criticalness, definiteness, delicacy, detail, exactingness, exactitude, exactness,… … Moby Thesaurus
circumstantiality — Synonyms and related words: accuracy, attention to detail, conscientiousness, correctness, criticality, criticalness, delicacy, detail, exactingness, exactitude, exactness, exquisiteness, finicality, finicalness, finickiness, finickingness,… … Moby Thesaurus
delicacy — Synonyms and related words: absoluteness, accommodatingness, accuracy, acquired taste, affectivity, agreeableness, airiness, airy texture, allergy, ambrosia, amiable weakness, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciation… … Moby Thesaurus
detail — Synonyms and related words: KP, accredit, accuracy, add up, adduce, adjunct, age group, allocate, allot, amplify, anatomize, appoint, appropriate to, appurtenance, army, army group, article, aspect, assign, assign to, atomize, attention to detail … Moby Thesaurus
