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   persnickety

   /pəˈsnɪkɪti/

   adjective

   • 1. placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy: informal North American "she's very persnickety about her food" Similar fussydifficult to pleasedifficultfinickyover-fastidiousfastidiousover-particularparticularfaddishfinicaldaintypunctilioushair-splittingexactingdemandingcriticalovercriticalpass-remarkableinformal:nitpickingchoosypickyfaddypernicketyarchaic:niceoverniceOpposite easy-goinglaid-back
   • ▪ requiring a particularly precise or careful approach: informal North American "it's hard to find a film more persnickety and difficult to use than black-and-white infrared"

   Word Origin late 19th century: alteration of pernickety.

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