Associations to the word «Persnickety»
Wiktionary
PERSNICKETY, adjective. (US) Fastidious or fussy.
PERSNICKETY, adjective. Obsessive about mundane details, demanding for precision.
Dictionary definition
PERSNICKETY, adjective. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety".
PERSNICKETY, adjective. Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher".
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.