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fin·i·cal
/ˈfɪnɪkəl/
(
a
.)過分注意的,過分周到的,過分講究的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fin·i·cal
a.
Affectedly
fine
;
overnice
;
unduly
particular
;
fastidious
.
“
Finical
taste.”
The
gross
style
consists
in
giving
no
detail
,
the
finical
in
giving
nothing
else
.
--
Hazlitt
.
Syn:
--
Finical
,
Spruce
,
Foppish
.
Usage:
These
words
are
applied
to
persons
who
are
studiously
desirous
to
cultivate
finery
of
appearance
.
One
who
is
spruce
is
elaborately
nice
in
dress
;
one
who
is
finical
shows
his
affectation
in
language
and
manner
as
well
as
in
dress
;
one
who
is
foppish
distinguishes
himself
by
going
to
the
extreme
of
the
fashion
in
the
cut
of
his
clothes
,
by
the
tawdriness
of
his
ornaments
,
and
by
the
ostentation
of
his
manner
.
“A
finical
gentleman
clips
his
words
and
screws
his
body
into
as
small
a
compass
as
possible
,
to
give
himself
the
air
of
a
delicate
person
;
a
spruce
gentleman
strives
not
to
have
a
fold
wrong
in
his
frill
or
cravat
,
nor
a
hair
of
his
head
to
lie
amiss
;
a
foppish
gentleman
seeks
. . .
to
render
himself
distinguished
for
finery.”
--
Fin*i*cal*ly
,
adv.
--
Fin*i*cal*ness
,
n.
◄
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
finical
adj
:
exacting
especially
about
details
; "
a
finicky
eater
"; "
fussy
about
clothes
"; "
very
particular
about
how
her
food
was
prepared
" [
syn
:
finicky
,
fussy
,
particular
]
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