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Webster 1913 Edition

Fussy

Fuss′y

,

Adj.

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par.

Fussier

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sup

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Fussiest

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Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

Not at all

fussy

about his personal appearance.

R. G. White.

Definition 2024

fussy

fussy

English

Adjective

fussy ‎(comparative fussier, superlative fussiest)

Anxious or particular about petty details.
- 1915, George A. Birmingham, “chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:
  
  It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the **** begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be ill-tempered (especially of babies).

Synonyms

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Related terms

fuss

Translations

particular about details

Bulgarian: дребнав (bg) ‎(drebnav), придирчив (bg) ‎(pridirčiv)
Catalan: perepunyetes
Chinese:
Mandarin: 挑剔 (zh) ‎(tiāoti)
Danish: pertentlig (da), nøjeregnende
Dutch: pietluttig (nl)
Finnish: pikkutarkka (fi)
French: pointilleux (fr) m
German: pingelig (de)
Greek: σχολαστικός (el) m ‎(scholastikós), λεπτολόγος (el) m ‎(leptológos), ιδιότροπος (el) m ‎(idiótropos), (regarding clothes etc.) εξεζητημένος (el) m ‎(exezitiménos)

Hungarian: aggodalmaskodó, nyűgös (hu)
Italian: puntiglioso (it), schizzinoso (it), maniacale (it)
Japanese: 喧しい ‎(yakamashii), 小うるさい ‎(こうるさい, kourusai)
Norman: finnot
Maori: wahakawa (refers only to being choosy with food), mōkinokino (refers to food)
Polish: wybredny (pl) m
Portuguese: enjoado m, exigente (pt)
Russian: привере́дливый (ru) ‎(priverédlivyj), приди́рчивый (ru) ‎(pridírčivyj)
Spanish: puntilloso (es)
Swedish: petig (sv)

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