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pernickety

adj
/pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/UK/pəˈnɪk.ə.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.

  1. borrowed from pernickety

Definitions

  1. Fussy

    Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.

  2. Requiring attention to minor details.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA