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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPingeligkeit
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Pingeligkeit
"Seine Pingeligkeit bei der Dokumentenprüfung ist legendär."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Extreme or excessive attention to small details and standards, especially in eating, dress, or work.
"Her finickiness about how the table was set made hosting dinner quite stressful."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'finicky', which likely stems from 'finical' (excessively particular or fastidious), combined with the suffix '-ness'. 'Finical' itself is related to 'fine' in the sense of over-refined.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "finickiness" is said worldwide
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chichis
Transliteration: chichis
"Il n'aime pas la finasserie ou les chichis dans sa nourriture."
Pingeligkeit
Transliteration: Pingeligkeit
"Seine Pingeligkeit bei der Dokumentenprüfung ist legendär."
pignoleria
Transliteration: pignoleria
"La sua pignoleria rende difficile lavorare con lui."
exquisites
Transliteration: exquisites
Script: exquisitez
"La exquisitez con la que elige su ropa es notable."
frescura
Transliteration: frescura
"Tanta frescura com a comida irritava todos no restaurante."
नखरे
Transliteration: nakhare
"खाने में उसके नखरे खत्म होने का नाम ही नहीं लेते।"
挑剔
Transliteration: tiāoti
"他对食物的挑剔让厨师感到头疼。"
까다로움
Transliteration: kkadaroum
"음식에 대한 그의 까다로움은 유명하다."
こだわり
Transliteration: kodawari
"彼の仕事に対するこだわりは時には細かすぎる。"
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