finical

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English

Etymology

University slang, probably from fine.

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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.
    • 1996, Jonathan Raban, Bad Land: An American Romance, Pantheon Books, page 52:
      Jefferson grew up familiar with the instruments and immense, finical labour of map-making from scratch.

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