If you describe someone as ~, you think that they pay too much attention to small, unimportant details. (AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use pernickety )
He is a very rigorous man, very ~.
= fussy
ADJ disapproval
If you describe someone as ~, you think that they pay too much attention to small, unimportant details. (AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, use pernickety )
He is a very rigorous man, very ~.
= fussy
ADJ disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012