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PERNICKETY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pernickety mean?
• PERNICKETY (adjective)
The adjective PERNICKETY has 1 sense:
1. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
Familiarity information: PERNICKETY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
Synonyms:
pernickety; persnickety
Context example:
a persnickety school teacher
Similar:
fastidious (giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness)
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