fusspot

English

Etymology

fuss +‎ pot

Noun

fusspot (plural fusspots)

1. (informal) A person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.

   My teacher is such a fusspot, he marks us down for handwriting!

Synonyms

• fussbudget

Derived terms

• fusspottery

Translations

person who makes a fuss — see fussbudget

Verb

fusspot (third-person singular simple present fusspots, present participle fusspotting, simple past and past participle fusspotted)

1. (informal, intransitive) To make a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
   • 1999, Annie Caulfield, The Winners' Enclosure, page 67:

     I hadn't realised then that fusspotting about small details of social disorder was an Australian obsession.