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chiefly British
Synonyms & Antonyms of pernickety
hard to please
- an Oxford don who's definitely a pernickety old chap
Synonyms for pernickety
- choosy
- (or choosey),
- dainty,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- exacting,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussbudgety,
- fussy,
- nice,
- old-maidish,
- particular,
- persnickety,
- picky
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“Pernickety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pernickety. Accessed 2 Aug. 2021.
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The first known use of pernickety was circa 1808
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