Persnickety

persnickety







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[per-snik-i-tee]



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–adjective Informal. 

1. overparticular; fussy. 

2. snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob. 

3. requiring painstaking care.  



Also, pernickety.



—Synonyms 

1. nitpicking, finicky.





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persnickety, pernickety (adjs.) 

 

Both adjectives mean "over-particular, over-fussy." 



Persnickety is the American version 



of Scottish and British pernickety, though most Americans will also accept the British version. 





　

This LAT Norton story addresses his image problems, which are substantial. He is seen as a gifted writer and actor, but opinionated and persnickety.





see aloof obstinate



finicky 

persnickety (snobbish) 

fastidious (painstaking)