picky
AdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- //ˈpɪki//
Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
Adjektiv
- 1
Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
I am very picky about the way my kitchen is laid out.
Most of the pickiest children were actually in the middle weight group, though a few were underweight and a few were overweight.
Singletons have become 'pickier' about their potential partners following the pandemic, one dating expert has claimed - insisting they are now even more concerned about the 'pink flags' that could lead to 'red flag scenarios'.
- 2
Of food or a meal: consisting of various small items from which the diner can pick and choose.
picky bits
picky tea
[…] a picky meal of bean-sprouts and humous […]
Herkunft
Etymology tree English pick Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English picky From pick + -y.
Substantiv
- 1
umgangssprachlichA picture.
And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.
Formen
- Plural
- pickies
- Komparativ
- pickier
- Superlativ
- pickiest
picky · Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
picnic · An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor…picture · A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a…pictured · furnished with pictures