- Adjective
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1. used colloquially of one who is overly conceited or arrogant;
- "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
- "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
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2. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details;
- "a persnickety job"
- "a persnickety school teacher"
- synonym: pernickety


