In John Bartlett's 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, it is defined as a " woman's word " for " finical, " probably rooted in the sense of fine as " small, " which has now become finicky and is a derogation meaning " excessively meticulous ."
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Cioc�rlie, who describes Podlipny as " one-armed, nervous, intransigent, sarcastic ", recounts the artist's contempt for painting as opposed to drawing and graphics : " to him, colorists were a finical bunch lacking in energy, incapable of tracing a single line . " According to uar, Podlipny and Baba had a common trait, in that they saw drawing as " fundamental ".
