Definitions for 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) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs

2. pernickety, persnickety

(characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher")