English-Thai Dictionary
pernickety
ADJ จู้จี้ punctilious persnickety ju-je
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERNICKETY PERNICKETTY
PERNICKETY PERNICKETTY { Per *nick "et *y Per *nick "et *ty }, a.
Defn: Finical or fussy; full of petty details. [Colloq. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
pernickety
per nick et y |pərˈnikitē pərˈnɪkədi | ▶adjective British term for persnickety.
Oxford Dictionary
pernickety
per |nick ¦ety |pəˈnɪkɪti | ▶adjective Brit. informal placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy: she's very pernickety about her food. • requiring a particularly precise or careful approach: the system does not encourage additional enquiries on detailed and pernickety points. ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally Scots ): of unknown origin.
Oxford Thesaurus
pernickety
pernickety adjective informal fussy, difficult to please, difficult, finicky, over-fastidious, fastidious, over-particular, particular, faddish, finical, dainty, punctilious, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding, critical, overcritical; informal nitpicking, choosy, picky; Brit. informal faddy; N. Amer. informal persnickety; archaic nice, overnice. ANTONYMS easy-going, laid-back.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
pernickety
per nick et y /pə r nɪ́kəti /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠1 〈人が 〉こせこせする, ささいなことにくよくよする (fussy ).2 〈仕事などが 〉扱いにくい ; 細心の注意を要する .
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