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Meaning of PERSNICKETY

Pronunciation:  pur'snikitee

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
  2. [adj]  used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
 
 Synonyms: bigheaded, fastidious, pernickety, proud, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
 

 

 

 

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