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Webster 1913 Edition


Finical

Fin′i-cal

,
Adj.
[From
Fine
,
Adj.
]
Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.
Finical taste.”
Wordsworth.
Fin′i-cal-ly
,
adv.
Fin′i-cal-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Finical

FIN'ICAL

,
Adj.
[from fine.]
1.
Nice; spruce; foppish; pretending to a great nicety or superfluous elegance; as a finical fellow.
2.
Affectedly nice or showy; as a finical dress.

Definition 2024


finical

finical

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Adjective

finical (comparative more finical, superlative most finical)

  1. Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
      Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.

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