Definition of finicking in English:
finicking
adjective ˈfɪnɪkɪŋˈfinikiNG
another term for finicky
Example sentencesExamples
- The onus of humiliating reverses was also cast on a supposedly finicking, too easily exhausted, and sometimes unreliable ‘native force’.
- Deeply attached to old values, and seeing the rapidly changing world about him through the distorting lens of a pedantic and snobbish literary tradition, Libanius was vain, petty, and wrapped in finicking antiquarianism.
- The captain always ate his eggs without any remark; his silence accused me of finicking.
- Iron began a finicking running commentary as he drew nearer; ‘These guys want to be found.’
Origin
Mid 17th century: from finical + -ing2.