twiddlesome

English

Etymology

From twiddle +‎ -some.

Adjective

twiddlesome (comparative more twiddlesome, superlative most twiddlesome)

1. Charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling
   • 1977, Annual Review of Anthropology, volume 6, page 9:

     Our physical anthropologists are keeping up with the twiddlesome technology of the physicists and chemists, while sticking to their own lasts.

   • 2012, Lloyd Evans, There will be blood‎^[1]:

     But it’s doomed, alas, like all attempts to hypnotise the play-goer with twiddlesome tricks.