From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From choose + -y.
choosy (comparative choosier, superlative choosiest)
- Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
2012 March 2, Elizabeth Landau, “Beholding beauty: How it’s been studied”, in CNN[1]:Since sexual relationships are more costly for female primates – they bear the kids – females are the choosier sex.
2017 November 27, Ahiza Garcia, “How these Millennials are fighting for your holiday dollars”, in CNN[2]:Weiss told CNNMoney that Glossier is choosy when it launches a new product.
2020 February 3, Chris Dwyer, “20 of the world’s best new restaurants for 2020”, in CNN[3]:With more than 800 choices on the wine list, there’s guaranteed to be a bottle for even the choosiest of palates.
taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements
- Bulgarian: взискателен (bg) (vziskatelen), придирчив (bg) (pridirčiv)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 挑剔 (zh) (tiāoti), 精挑細選 / 精挑细选 (zh) (jīngtiāoxìxuǎn), 挑三揀四 / 挑三拣四 (zh) (tiāosānjiǎnsì)
- Czech: vybíravý m
- Dutch: kieskeurig (nl)
- Esperanto: elektema
- Finnish: ronkeli (fi), nirso (fi), valikoiva (fi)
- French: sélectif (fr), exigeant (fr), difficile (fr), to be choosy: faire la fine bouche (fr)
- Georgian: წუნია (c̣unia), მომთხოვნი (momtxovni), მიზეზიანი (mizeziani), პრეტენზიული (ṗreṭenziuli)
- German: wählerisch (de)
- Greek: εκλεκτικός (el) (eklektikós)
- Ancient: ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós)
- Hebrew: בררן m (barerán), בררנית f (bareranít)
- Hungarian: válogatós (hu), finnyás (hu)
- Macedonian: пребирлив m (prebirliv), избирлив m (izbirliv)
- Malay: pemilih
- Polish: wybredny (pl) m
- Portuguese: exigente (pt), seletivo (pt)
- Russian: привере́дливый (ru) (priverédlivyj), разборчивый (ru) (razborčivyj), избира́тельный (ru) (izbirátelʹnyj)
- Sicilian: sticchiusu m
- Spanish: difícil de complacer, exigente (es), selectivo
- Tausug: mapī'
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