Persnickety - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pərˈsnɪkətɪ|
Brit.
|pəˈsnɪkɪtɪ|
adjective
- (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant (syn: bigheaded, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, uppish)
they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
- characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details (syn: pernickety)a persnickety job
a persnickety school teacher
a persnickety school teacher
Extra examples
...as she got older, she got more and more persnickety...
...lacked the patience to deal with such persnickety tasks as hanging wallpaper...
Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
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