word
Persnickety
pur-SNIK-ih-tee
/pərˈsnɪkɪti/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
persnickety
Dictionary meaning
Fussy about small details; requiring careful handling.
Examples
- He's persnickety about how the code is formatted.
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