Hypertext Webster Gateway: "persnickety"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
persnickety
adj 1: 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" [syn: {bigheaded}, {snooty}, {snot-nosed},
{snotty}, {stuck-up}, {too big for one's breeches}, {uppish}]
2: characterized by excessive precision and attention to
trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety
school teacher" [syn: {pernickety}]
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