pickinessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From picky +‎ -ness.

名詞

pickiness (uncountable)

1. picky behaviour
   • 2018 June 4, Perri Klass, M.D., “When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 21 August 2018:

     Between 6 and 12 months, babies are more open to new foods — and new experiences — than they will be later on as toddlers, when a certain amount of “neophobia” or “new means no” is developmentally normal, Ms. Lipner said. “Normal kids transition through a normal pickiness phase,” around 18 months, she said, when “they’re also learning autonomy and control.”

2. The quality of being picky.