persnickety
[ per-snik-i-tee ]
/ pərˈsnɪk ɪ ti /
adjective Informal.
overparticular; fussy.
snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
requiring painstaking care.
Also
pernickety.
Origin of persnickety
1885–90; orig. Scots, variant of
pernickety
OTHER WORDS FROM persnickety
per·snick·et·i·ness, nounWords nearby persnickety
Example sentences from the Web for persnickety
His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
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