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persnickety
[ per-snik-i-tee ]
/ pərˈsnɪk ɪ ti /
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adjective Informal.
overparticular; fussy.
snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
requiring painstaking care.
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Origin of persnickety
1885–90; originally Scots, variant of pernickety
OTHER WORDS FROM persnickety
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