'Pernickety' definitions:

Definition of 'pernickety'

From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher" [syn: pernickety, persnickety]

Definition of 'Pernickety'

From: GCIDE
  • Pernickety \Per*nick"et*y\, Pernicketty \Per*nick"et*ty\, a. Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [Colloq.]
  • Syn: finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, persnickety, punctilious. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 + PJC]