Persnickety
Definition
Adjective
1. Extremely particular or precise; fussy.
2. Showing or requiring very careful treatment.
3. Giving excessive attention to trivial details.
The persnickety groundhog bit his handler because he was given the wrong food.
Word Origin
A Scots-English word of uncertain derivation, its earliest recorded English use is in the 1880s.
Synonyms
fastidious, fussy, snooty, stuck-up, finicky, choosy
Antonyms
easygoing, flexible, undemanding
