Definition of Persnickety

Adjective

  • characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
    "a persnickety job"
    "a persnickety school teacher"
  • (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
    "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
    "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
    - snot nosed - stuck up - too big for one's breeches
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1156 unscramble word found using the letters persnickety.

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