fussiness

fussiness: fussi·ness

[ˈfʌsɪnəs]

n no pl

1. (pickiness) Pingeligkeit f pej fam

2. (decoration) Überladenheit f pej

3. (detail) Übergenauigkeit f

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['fʌsInɪs]
n

1) (= fastidiousness) peinliche Genauigkeit; (= pettiness) Kleinlichkeit f; (= preciseness) Genauigkeit f; (= choosiness) wählerische Art

because of his incredible fussiness about what he eats — weil er so unglaublich wählerisch ist, was das Essen angeht

2) (pej: overelaboration of design, style) überladene Art; (of furnishings, dress) Verspieltheit f

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fussiness [ˈfʌsınıs] s

1. a) (unnötige) Aufregung

b) Hektik f, hektische Betriebsamkeit

2. Kleinlichkeit f, Pedanterie f

3. heikle oder wählerische Art

4. Überladenheit f

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n.

Umständlichkeit f.

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Fussiness — Fuss i*ness, n. The quality of being fussy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fussiness — index particularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fussiness — A business run by a fussy person. The museum was a bad fussiness, so you never knew what to expect each day except trouble … Dictionary of american slang
fussiness — A business run by a fussy person. The museum was a bad fussiness, so you never knew what to expect each day except trouble … Dictionary of american slang
fussiness — fussy ► ADJECTIVE (fussier, fussiest) 1) fastidious about one s requirements and hard to please. 2) full of unnecessary detail or decoration. DERIVATIVES fussily adverb fussiness noun … English terms dictionary
fussiness — noun see fussy … New Collegiate Dictionary
fussiness — See fussily. * * * … Universalium
fussiness — noun The state of being fussy … Wiktionary
fussiness — fussÂ·iÂ·ness || fÊŒsÉªnÉªs n. choosiness, particularity; nervousness; irritableness; state of being bothersome … English contemporary dictionary
fussiness — fuss·i·ness … English syllables
fussiness — See: fussy … English dictionary

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