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persnickety (adjective), more persnickety, most persnickety
1. A reference to someone who gives a great deal of attention to details that are minor or not important: George had a persnickety teacher who required her students to follow instructions exactly as she had given them to the classes.
2. Relating to a person who places too much emphasis on trivial or minor things: Patricia has a very persnickety or fussy attitude about the way her meals are prepared.
3. Etymology: from American English, 1905; "overly fastidious, fussy".
Pertaining to being too precise or particular.
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