Persnickety

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.
  • adj. Snobbish; pretentious.
  • adj. Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding: a persnickety job.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Fastidious or fussy.
  • adj. Obsessive about mundane details, demanding for precision.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Finicky or fussy; demanding attention to petty details; -- of people.
  • adj. snobbish; behaving aloofly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
  • adj. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
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    fastidious    proud   
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