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persnickety
adjective
characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
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pɚˈsnɪ.kɪ.ti
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adjective
characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
“a persnickety job”
adjective
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
“{'source': 'Laurent Le Sage', 'text': 'a snotty little scion of a degenerate family'}”
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a persnickety job
a persnickety school teacher
{'source': 'Laurent Le Sage', 'text': 'a snotty little scion of a degenerate family'}
they're snobs — stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
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