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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details;
- Example: "a persnickety job"
- Example: "a persnickety school teacher"
[syn: pernickety, persnickety]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pernickety \Per*nick"et*y\, Pernicketty \Per*nick"et*ty\, a.
   Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [Colloq.]

   Syn: finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, painstaking,
        persnickety, punctilious.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 + PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pernickety
    adj 1: characterized by excessive precision and attention to
           trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety
           school teacher" [syn: pernickety, persnickety]