PERNICKETY


Meaning of PERNICKETY in English

— pernicketiness , n.

/peuhr nik"i tee/ , adj.

persnickety.

[ 1800-10; orig. Scots; of uncert. orig.; the prefix per- occurs in a number of other expressive words in Scots, e.g. pergaddus thump, clatter, perskeet fastidious, perjink trim, neat ]

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