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'Persnickety'
Definition of '
persnickety
'
From:
WordNet
adjective
(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" [syn:
bigheaded
, persnickety,
snooty
,
snot-nosed
,
snotty
,
stuck-up
,
too big for one's breeches
,
uppish
]
adjective
Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher" [syn:
pernickety
, persnickety]
Definition of '
Persnickety
'
From:
GCIDE
Persnickety \Per*snick"et*y\, a. 1. Finicky or fussy; demanding excessive attention to petty details or niceties; unduly particular; fastidious; -- of people. [Colloq.] Syn: finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, pernickety, pernicketty, punctilious. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 2. Snobbish; behaving aloofly. [Colloq.] Syn: pernickety, pernicketty. [PJC]
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