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Synonyms
choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, persnickety, picky
Antonyms
undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy
circa 1808, in the meaning defined above
origin unknown
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