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Pernickety Vs Finickity

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anthro-nerd | 10:09 Fri 12th Jan 2018 | ChatterBank
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They both mean 'fussy', 'meticulous' and 'particular'. Why do such strange sounding words mean the same thing?!
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The word usually used is finicky. I have never heard finickity.
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It's 'finicky'. :o)
I always thought pernickety was fussy and finickity was a fiddly and awkward task.
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Jackdaw, I've just search 'finicky' as you said, and you're right! It's means the same thing too! My brain is about to explode
The joys of the English language :-D
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Finickity. Adjective. (comparative more finickity, superlative most finickity) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details; meticulous and particular.


Pernickety. placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. difficult to please, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular, faddish, finical, dainty, punctilious, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding, critical, overcritical; More
requiring a particularly precise or careful approach.

Finicky. (of a person) fussy about their needs or requirements.
"a finicky eater"
fussy, fastidious, punctilious, over-particular, hard to please, overcritical, difficult, awkward, exacting, demanding, perfectionist; showing or requiring great attention to detail.
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copied from Google of course, but all meaning much the same.

Maybe it is down to local phrasing spath!
finicky and finickety adj 1 too concerned with detail. 2 said of a task: intricate; tricky. 3 fussy; faddy.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: probably derived from fine 1.
intricate - that's the word I was looking for.
Thanks Jack x
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