finicking

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Then the cousin laughed coarsely and he said to Lotus, who sat there smoking her water pipe, “These town women are too finicking, are they not, Old Mistress?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

She set him down in her own mind as "too finicking," while his good looks did not happen to be of a type that appealed to her.

From In Brief Authority by Anstey, F.

The fact is, in my experience, it is always some absurdly finicking trifle, which, when neglected, brings disaster to the greatest undertakings.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

Halley, on the other hand, almost despised accurate observations as finicking.

From Astronomical Discovery by Turner, Herbert Hall

Poussette is the wife of my best friend, my best friend I tell you, and whoever cares for her faded hair and finicking ways it isn't I. Sweeter pastures once were mine.

From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)