persnicketinessn.

Brit.

/pəˈsnɪkᵻtɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/pərˈsnɪkᵻdinᵻs/

Forms: 1900s– persnicketiness, 1900s– persnickitiness, 1900s– persnickityness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: persnickety adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < persnickety adj. + -ness suffix.

North American colloquial.

The quality of being persnickety.

ΚΠ

1913 Rock Island (Illinois) Argus 17 Feb. 6/6 Homes would be happier if everybody in the home exercised punctuality. It is plain persnicketiness that makes most of the delays in the household.

1977 Time 17 Oct. 48/2 Billy compensates for his brother's sweet-eyed psalm-singing and persnicketiness.

1995 Ital. Food & Wine Spring 17/1 There can be no better emblem for Rome—for its ambitions, its joys, its persnickityness—than the hard-shelled, soft-centered, many-layered, multi-hued artichoke, in Italian carciofo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	persnicketiness
释义	persnicketinessn. Brit. /pəˈsnɪkᵻtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /pərˈsnɪkᵻdinᵻs/ Forms: 1900s– persnicketiness, 1900s– persnickitiness, 1900s– persnickityness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: persnickety adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < persnickety adj. + -ness suffix. North American colloquial. The quality of being persnickety. ΚΠ 1913 Rock Island (Illinois) Argus 17 Feb. 6/6 Homes would be happier if everybody in the home exercised punctuality. It is plain persnicketiness that makes most of the delays in the household. 1977 Time 17 Oct. 48/2 Billy compensates for his brother's sweet-eyed psalm-singing and persnicketiness. 1995 Ital. Food & Wine Spring 17/1 There can be no better emblem for Rome—for its ambitions, its joys, its persnickityness—than the hard-shelled, soft-centered, many-layered, multi-hued artichoke, in Italian carciofo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1913
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