finical
adj/ˈfɪnɪkəl/
Etymology University slang, probably from fine.
1
Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
- Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- Jefferson grew up familiar with the instruments and immense, finical labour of map-making from scratch.1996, Jonathan Raban, Bad Land: An American Romance, Pantheon Books, page 52:
- Derived terms
- finacility, finicality, finically, finicalness, finick, finicking, superfinical, unfinical