Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finikin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: finikin
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excessively dainty or fastidious.

Dated

noun

Alternative form of finnikin

Example Sentences

"Have a great regard for the cleanliness of your hands, but do not be finikin about it."
"The bearded creatures are quite as eager for praise, quite as finikin over their toilettes, quite as proud of their personal advantages, quite as conscious of their powers of fascination, as any coquette in the world."
"Artifice and imitation reveal the finikin or uncertain soul as surely as deliberate bareness reveals a conscious austerity."

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fijnkens (“exactly; precisely”), from fijn (“fine”).

Word Breakdown

Root: fijnkens

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more finikin (comparative) most finikin (superlative) finikins (plural)

Questions

What does finikin mean?: Excessively dainty or fastidious.
Where does finikin come from?: From Middle Dutch fijnkens (“exactly; precisely”), from fijn (“fine”).

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