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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant;
- Example: "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
- Example: "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
[syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish]

2. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details;
- Example: "a persnickety job"
- Example: "a persnickety school teacher"
[syn: pernickety, persnickety]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Persnickety \Per*snick"et*y\, a.
   1. Finicky or fussy; demanding excessive attention to petty
      details or niceties; unduly particular; fastidious; -- of
      people. [Colloq.]

   Syn: finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, painstaking,
        pernickety, pernicketty, punctilious.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

   2. Snobbish; behaving aloofly. [Colloq.]

   Syn: pernickety, pernicketty. [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

persnickety
    adj 1: (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" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty,
           snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's
           breeches, uppish]
    2: characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial
       details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
       [syn: pernickety, persnickety]