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1. (Informal.) persnickety
excessively particular; fussy.
2. persnickety
requiring painstaking care.
Etymology: (1885–90; orig. Scots, var. of pernickety)
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1. (adj) bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
(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"
2. (adj) pernickety, persnickety
characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
"a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
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