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per⋅snick⋅et⋅y
[per-snik-i-tee]
–adjective Informal.
| 1. | overparticular; fussy. |
| 2. | snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob. |
| 3. | requiring painstaking care. |
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persnickety
1905, alteration of pernickety (q.v.).
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