| 单词 | pernicketiness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperˈnicketiness perˈnicketiness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] curiosityc1386 delicacya1393 curiousnessc1440 delicatesse1509 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 exquisiteness?c1550 over-curiousness1573 featness1577 daintiness1579 dainty1590 finicality1594 niceness1604 squeamishness1654 fastidiousness1661 choicenessa1665 overnicety1664 finicalness1675 hypercriticism1678 overniceness1694 nicety1723 over-delicacy1745 daintihood1780 finickiness1833 finicism1844 over-criticism1859 overfineness1859 particularness1859 faddiness1865 finicking1869 picksomeness1881 pernicketiness1890 perfectionism1937 choosiness1945 pickiness1952 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Pernicketiness, the character of being pernickety. 1900 Spectator 15 Dec. 877 It behoves every Minister to be careful to the point of fastidiousness, or, if you will, pernickittiness. 1961 N. Lofts House at Old Vine i. ii. 13 Such pernickitiness, she said, was a sure sign that I wasn't hungry. 2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. i. 5 The administrators of Oxford University, true to their reputation for pernicketiness, raised their collective eyebrows at the use of a plural noun, ‘materials’, in adjectival function. < as lemmas |
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