PERSNICKETY
pernickety, persnickety
(adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; “a persnickety job”; “a persnickety school teacher”
bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
persnickety (comparative more persnickety, superlative most persnickety)
United States standard form of pernickety.
Synonyms
• see pernickety, see also fastidious
Source: Wiktionary
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