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Words related to persnickety

Related / Similar Words: pernickety, bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish

Definition:

characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher";

used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they''re snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety";

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