different between finikin vs finnikin

English

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

finikin (comparative more finikin, superlative most finikin)

(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.

finikin (plural finikins)

finnikin (plural finnikins)

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