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persnickety |
Overview of adj persnickety The adj persnickety has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish -- (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") 2. pernickety, persnickety -- (characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher") Antonyms of adj persnickety 2 senses of persnickety Sense 1 bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish INDIRECT (VIA proud) -> humble Sense 2 pernickety, persnickety INDIRECT (VIA fastidious) -> unfastidious Similarity of adj persnickety 2 senses of persnickety Sense 1 bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish => proud (vs. humble) Sense 2 pernickety, persnickety => fastidious (vs. unfastidious) Attributes of adj persnickety Familiarity of adj persnickety persnickety used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj persnickety persnickety Overview of adj persnickety The adj persnickety has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish -- (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") 2. pernickety, persnickety -- (characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher")
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