different between finical vs finial
finical
English
Etymology
University slang, probably from fine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?n?k?l/
Adjective
finical (comparative more finical, superlative most finical)
- Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
Derived terms
- finick
- finicking
Related terms
- finicky
Translations
See also
- jaunty
finical From the web:
- what financial institution
- what financial statement is dividends on
- what financial quarter are we in
- what financial statement is retained earnings on
- what financial class am i in
- what financial statement is cash on
- what financial statement is revenue on
- what financial aid
finial
English
Etymology
Late Middle English finial < Old French fin or Latin f?nis (“end”) +? -ial
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?n.i.?l/
Noun
finial (plural finials)
- The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- Coordinate term: fleuron
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 24, [1]
- Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges; hence the conclusion of such a narration is apt to be less finished than an architectural finial.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 3,
- The steep slate roofs were topped with bronze finials so tall and fanciful they looked like drops of liquid sliding down a thread.
- Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post.
Quotations
- 1988 : It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 142)
Translations
Further reading
- finial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- failin'
finial From the web:
- finial meaning
- what are finials for curtain rods
- what does finial mean
- what are finials used for
- what's a finial dabra
- what size finials do i need
- what is finial in typography
- filial piety
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