different between fastidious vs finikin

English

Etymology

From Latin fast?di?sus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fast?dium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæ?st?di.?s/, /f??st?di.?s/

Adjective

fastidious (comparative more fastidious, superlative most fastidious)

1. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.

   Synonyms: exacting, fussy, meticulous, niggly, pernickety; see also Thesaurus:fastidious
2. Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
3. Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

Derived terms

• fastidiously
• fastidiousness

Translations

See also

• finicky

Further reading

• fastidious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fastidious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fastidious at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch fijnkens (“exactly; precisely”), from fijn (“fine”).

Adjective

finikin (comparative more finikin, superlative most finikin)

1. (dated) Excessively dainty or fastidious.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 3:

     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.

Noun

finikin (plural finikins)

1. Alternative form of finnikin