pernickety

Meaning

Adjective

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Origin

  • Scots pernickety, persnickety, of uncertain origin; the Dictionary of the Scots Language says that it resembles per- + nick, but might be derived from particular + finicky with the form influenced by past participles ending in -et, -it, -ed.

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