Persnickety - Definition

persnickety

adj 1: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a
snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le
Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and
persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty,
snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's
breeches, uppish]
2: characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial
details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
[syn: pernickety, persnickety]

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