pickyness

English

Noun

pickyness (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of pickiness
    • 1932 October 20, S. E. Spicer, “Politics And Powder-Puffs”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer, volume XCII, number 194, page 12:
      Step into one of the smart clothes shop and it will surprise you to see the “pickyness” of men.
    • 1951, Evelyn Beyer, The Teacher Sets The Stage, National Association for Nursery Education:
      A general atmosphere of “pickyness” prevailed.
    • 1962, Alice L. Voiland and associates, “The Egocentric Family”, in Family Casework Diagnosis, New York, N.Y., London: Columbia University Press, →LCCN, page 209:
      Outstanding examples are demandingness or “pickyness” about food, overeating, deliberate embarrassment of parents in public by boisterous behavior, defecating on a neighbor’s floor, running away in a rainstorm.
    • 1963 June 20, George Dixon, “Washington Scene”, in Berwick Enterprise, volume 61, number 64, Berwick, Pa.:
      One piece of pickyness is apt to lead to another.
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