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persnickety
per·snick·e·ty P0208400 (pər-snĭk′ĭ-tē)adj.1. a. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.b. Snobbish; pretentious.2. Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding: a persnickety job.
[Alteration of pernickety.]
per·snick′e·ti·ness n.persnickety (pəˈsnɪkɪtɪ) adj the US word for pernicketyper•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. |  persnickety - (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppishproud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" | | 2. | persnickety - characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"pernicketyfastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
persnicketyadjectiveVery difficult to please:choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, squeamish.Informal: picky.Translations
persnickety
Synonyms for persnicketyadj very difficult to pleaseSynonyms- choosy
- dainty
- exacting
- fastidious
- finical
- finicky
- fussy
- meticulous
- nice
- particular
- squeamish
- picky
Synonyms for persnicketyadj (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogantSynonyms- bigheaded
- snooty
- snot-nosed
- snotty
- stuck-up
- too big for one's breeches
- uppish
Related Wordsadj characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial detailsSynonymsRelated Words |