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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca