finical
/ˈfɪnɪkəl/adjective
finical is an adjective meaning “Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-N-I-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does finical mean?
adjective
- 1
Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce finical?
- /ˈfɪnɪkəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-finical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of finical
- more finical comparative
- most finical superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is finical?
Finical appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Finical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | anspruchsvoll, pedantisch, pingelig, fein, zimperlich, wählerisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does finical come from?
University slang, probably from fine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).