finikin
Adjective

finikin

  1. (dated) Excessively dainty or fastidious.
    • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair (novel, 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.
Noun

finikin (plural finikins)

  1. Alternative form of finnikin



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