noun
Meaning 1
The state of being fussy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fussiness
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noun
Meaning 2
unnecessary elaborateness in details
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ornateness, elaborateness
noun
Meaning 3
an irritable petulant feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, peevishness, petulance, choler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ill humor, ill humour, distemper
Narrower terms: testiness, touchiness, tetchiness, pet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fussy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fussiness From fussy + -ness.