PERSNICKETY


Meaning of PERSNICKETY in English

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

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