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From pick +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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picky (comparative pickier, superlative pickiest)

  1. Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
    I am very picky about the way my kitchen is laid out.
  2. (UK, colloquial, not comparable) Of food or a meal: consisting of various small items from which the diner can pick and choose.
    • 1988, Jan Webster, One Little Room, page 240:
      [] a picky meal of bean-sprouts and humous []

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Noun

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picky (plural pickies)

  1. (informal) A picture.

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