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pernickety

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10 lettersPronunciation /pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceeiknprtyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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  1. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details

Word origin

From Scots pernickety, persnickety, apparently from per- + nick (“a notch, mark, cutting retort”) + -et (“-ed”) + -y; equivalent to English per- + nick + -ety; literally, “marked up”, then “overly precise”. The alternative form persnickety, with s, may be due to substitution of Scots sneck (“a cut, notch”) for nick.

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