Defenition of the word persnickety

• Defenition of the word persnickety

  • 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"
  • 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"
  • characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
  • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

Synonyms for the word persnickety

• • bigheaded
  • choosy
  • difficult to please
  • fastidious
  • finicky
  • funny
  • fussy
  • hard to please
  • particular
  • pernickety
  • picky
  • prickly
  • snooty
  • snot-nosed
  • snotty
  • stuck-up
  • too big for one's breeches
  • uppish

Similar words in the persnickety

• • fastidious
  • persnickety
  • proud

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