picky

picky
picky (adj.) 1867, from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.) + -Y (Cf. -y) (2). Related: Pickiness.

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  • picky — 1. mod. choosy. □ Don’t be so picky. They’re all the same. □ Red, blue, green! What’s the difference? You are too picky. 2. mod. overly critical. □ Complain, complain! What a picky old lady. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • picky — [[t]pɪ̱ki[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) Someone who is picky is difficult to please and only likes a small range of things. [INFORMAL] Some people are very picky about who they choose to share their lives with... Everyone knows children are picky …   English dictionary

  • picky — adjective AmE informal someone who is picky only likes very particular things: a picky eater | She s so picky about her clothes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • picky — pick|y [ˈpıki] adj informal someone who is picky only likes particular things and not others, and so is not easy to please ▪ He s a very picky eater …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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