Finikin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Finikin is an adjective meaning Alternative form of finnikin.
Meaning
Alternative form of finnikin.
More Meanings
- (dated) Excessively dainty or fastidious.
Example Sentences
Have a great regard for the cleanliness of your hands, but do not be finikin about it.
Artifice and imitation reveal the finikin or uncertain soul as surely as deliberate bareness reveals a conscious austerity.
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.
Word Forms
- finikins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include finical, finickity, finickety, finnicky, finicky, finicking.
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