pernickety
Meaning
- (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
- Requiring attention to minor details.
Synonyms
captious
fault-finding
Translations
tatillon
meticuloso
puntiglioso
elegans
peuterig pietepeuterig pietluttig muggenzifterigPronounced as (IPA)
/pɜː(ɹ)ˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/
Etymology
From Scots pernickety, persnickety, apparently from per- + nick (“a notch, mark, cutting retort”) + -et (“-ed”) + -y; equivalent to English per- + nick + -ety; literally, “marked up”, then “overly precise”. The alternative form persnickety, with s, may be due to substitution of Scots sneck (“a cut, notch”) for nick. Compare also Scots variants pernicked, pernicket, pirnicky, and pernicky.
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