persnickety English

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What does persnickety mean?

persnickety

— adjective characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details a persnickety job a persnickety school teacher

— adjective (= snotty, stuck-up) (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

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pernickety

fussy

uppish

too big for one’s breeches

stuck-up

snotty

snot-nosed

snooty

meticulous

bigheaded

wide

ungenerous

punctilious

picky

petty

pedantic

meanspirited

demanding

choosy

captious

broad

across