finical

University slang, probably from fine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnɪkəl/

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finical (comparative more finical, superlative most finical)

1. Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.

   • 1996, Jonathan Raban, Bad Land: An American Romance, Pantheon Books, page 52:

     Jefferson grew up familiar with the instruments and immense, finical labour of map-making from scratch.

• finicky

• jaunty