SINCE 1828
finick
intransitive verb
fin·ick
variants:
or less commonly finnick \ ˈfinik , -nēk \
-ed/-ing/-s
Definition of finick
1
: to become excessively or affectedly dainty or refined in speech or manner : put on airs
2
: to dawdle about
finicked with her food— Elizabeth Taylor she was not one who had time to finick about snipping at blossoms— Adrian Bell
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