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per·snick·et·y
 persnickety
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- pronunciation:
- p
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snI
kih
ti
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
(informal) fussy or demanding.
- synonyms:
- dainty, fastidious, fussy, particular
- antonyms:
- easygoing
- similar words:
- choosy, exacting, finicky, hypercritical, picky, squeamish
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| definition 2: |
requiring painstaking care of detail.
- synonyms:
- particular
- similar words:
- exacting, fastidious, fussy, meticulous, nitpicking, punctilious
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| related words: |
finicky, squeamish |
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| derivation: |
persnicketiness (n.) |
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