PICKY
What does "PICKY" mean?
Excessively fussy or hard to please, especially about small details.
Meanings
- Fussy and selective; difficult to satisfy. My nephew is a picky eater who refuses anything green. informal
Word origin
An American English formation from the verb 'pick' (to choose, single out) plus the adjective suffix '-y'; first recorded in the late 19th century in the sense of fussy choosing.
Remember it
A PICKY person can't stop picking - the verb 'pick' sits right inside the word, choosing and rejecting.
A little poem
She passed the feast to weigh each grain of rice,
and starved among a hundred things called nice.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the picky guitarist to choose a string. He spent an hour and only picked one.
What it teaches
Standards feed you; fussiness leaves you hungry at a full table.
Quick facts
What does PICKY mean?
Excessively fussy or hard to please, especially about small details.
Is PICKY a valid word?
Yes — PICKY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PICKY?
PICKY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PICKY come from?
An American English formation from the verb 'pick' (to choose, single out) plus the adjective suffix '-y'; first recorded in the late 19th century in the sense of fussy choosing.
What can PICKY teach us?
Standards feed you; fussiness leaves you hungry at a full table.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.