persnickety

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persnickety Definition

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

persnickety Synonyms

• bigheaded
• pernickety
• persnickety
• snooty
• snot-nosed
• snotty
• stuck-up
• too big for one's breeches
• uppish