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pernickety
per·nick·e·ty P0202200 (pər-nĭk′ĭ-tē)adj. Persnickety.
[Origin unknown.]pernickety (pəˈnɪkɪtɪ) or persnicketyadj1. excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy2. (of a task) requiring close attention; exacting[C19: originally Scottish, of unknown origin] perˈnicketiness, perˈsnicketiness nper•snick•et•y (pərˈsnɪk ɪ ti) also pernickety
adj. Informal. 1. excessively particular; fussy. 2. requiring painstaking care. [1885–90; orig. Scots, variant of pernickety] per•snick′et•i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | pernickety - characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"persnicketyfastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
pernicketyadjective (Informal) fussy, particular, careful, exacting, carping, painstaking, fastidious, picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), finicky, punctilious, anal retentive, difficult to please, hairsplitting, overprecise He's very pernickety about neatness.
fussy slack, careless, sloppy, lax, haphazard, uncritical, slapdash, heedless, slipshod, inattentive, easy to pleaseTranslations
pernickety
Synonyms for pernicketyadj fussySynonyms- fussy
- particular
- careful
- exacting
- carping
- painstaking
- fastidious
- picky
- nit-picking
- finicky
- punctilious
- anal retentive
- difficult to please
- hairsplitting
- overprecise
Antonyms- slack
- careless
- sloppy
- lax
- haphazard
- uncritical
- slapdash
- heedless
- slipshod
- inattentive
- easy to please
Synonyms for pernicketyadj characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial detailsSynonymsRelated Words |