/nit"pik'/ , v.i.
1. to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
v.t.
2. to criticize by focusing on inconsequential details.
n.
3. a carping, petty criticism.
adj.
4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a nitpicker or nitpicking.
Also, nit-pick .
[ 1965-70; NIT 1 + PICK 1 ]