finicky

From finicking, from finical, from fine. Compare dated finikin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnɪki/

finicky (comparative finickier or more finicky, superlative finickiest or most finicky)

1. (informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.

   Synonyms: fastidious, fussy; see also Thesaurus:fastidious

   The baby was finicky until her diaper was changed.

2. (informal) Demanding, requiring above-normal care.

   The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.

• The forms finickier and finickiest also exist, but are quite rare, and perhaps nonstandard. The forms more finicky and most finicky are much more common, and certainly standard.

• finickiness
• finickity

• “finicky” (US) / “finicky” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.