Definitions for persnicketiness
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
per•snick•et•y*pərˈsnɪk ɪ ti(adj.)
also pernickety
excessively particular; fussy.
Category: Informal
requiring painstaking care.
Category: Informal
* Informal..
Origin of persnickety:
1885–90; orig. Scots, var. of pernickety
per•snick′et•i•ness(n.)
Wiktionary
persnicketiness(Noun)
The state or condition of being persnickety.
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