dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish
(adjective) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; “too nice about his food to take to camp cooking”; “so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
overnice (comparative more overnice, superlative most overnice)
Excessively nice or fastidious.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*nice", a.
Definition: Excessively nice; fastidious. Bp. Hall.
– O"ver*nice"ly, adv.
– O"ver*nice"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
