finical
/ˈfɪnɪk(ə)l
/adjective
Another term for finicky.But it is what the elites fancy, as couldn't be clearer than from the squeal of triumph with which the magazine's finical architecture critic announced the organisation's choice....
- I mean, take that scene in ‘King Lear’ where Kent harangues Oswald as being ‘a lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, finical rogue’.
Derivatives
finicality
finically
/ adverbfinicalness
/ noun ...- Newly opened Yongnian Zhaofeng Restaurant serves refined Hangzhou cuisine to cater to Shanghai people, known for their finicalness with food.
Origin
Late 16th century (probably originally university slang): probably from fine1 + -ical, perhaps suggested by Middle Dutch fijnkens 'accurately, neatly, prettily'.