Finicalness

/ˈfɪn.ɪ.kəl.nəs/ noun

Definition

The quality of being finical; the tendency to be overly particular, fussy, or hard to please about details.

Etymology

From finical (adjective) plus -ness suffix (which creates nouns expressing state or quality from adjectives). This provides another way to nominalize the concept alongside finicality.

Kelly Says

English speakers have multiple ways to say the same thing—'finicalness' and 'finicality' mean almost the same thing, but 'finicalness' comes from Germanic roots while 'finicality' has Latinate roots, showing how English borrowed from both language families to express the same ideas!

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