persnickety
Meaning
US standard form of pernickety.
Synonyms
too big for one’s breeches
captious
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɚˈsnɪ.kɪ.ti/
Etymology
In summary
From Scots persnickety, whence also pernickety. More at pernickety.
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