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Definition: FINIKIN

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.

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Date "Finikin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Definition: FINIKIN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. 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.

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Date "FINIKIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)