pernicketyadjective
uk/pəˈnɪk.ə.ti/us/pɚˈnɪk.ə.t̬i/UK informal disapproving US persnicketygiving too much attention to small details that are not important in a way that annoys other people
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Wanting everything to be right
- anal
- anally retentive
- choosy
- dot
- dot the i's and cross the t's idiom
- faddy
- fastidious
- fussbudget
- fusspot
- fussy
- houseproud
- martinet
- nitpicking
- pedantic
- perfectionism
- perfectionist
- persnickety
- pettifogging
- purist
- stickler
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