| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Precise in trifles; idly busy.[Websters] 2. Being fussy, pernickety, fastidious, squeamish or picky. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being prim or prudish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb finikinly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (finikinly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective finikin.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Finikin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Precise in trifles; idly busy.[Websters]
2. Being fussy, pernickety, fastidious, squeamish or picky. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being prim or prudish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb finikinly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (finikinly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective finikin.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FINIKIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |