pernickety

per·nick·e·ty

adj \pər-ˈni-kə-tē\

Definition of PERNICKETY

chiefly British

: persnickety

Examples of PERNICKETY

1. <an Oxford don who's definitely a pernickety old chap>

Origin of PERNICKETY

origin unknown

First Known Use: circa 1818

Related to PERNICKETY

Synonyms: choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, old-maidish, particular, finicky [chiefly British], persnickety, picky

Antonyms: undemanding, unfastidious, unfussy

Related Words: hyperfastidious, overdemanding, ultrafastidious; discerning, discriminating, selective; insightful, knowledgeable; captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical; careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous; queasy (also queazy), squeamish; peevish, petulant, prickly, touchy; niminy-piminy, prim, prissy

Near Antonyms: affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed; flexible, lax, loose; lenient, permissive; uncritical; indiscriminating, undiscriminating

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Rhymes with PERNICKETY

persnickety