| 单词 | pernickety |
| 释义 | pernickety[ per-nik-i-tee ] / pərˈnɪk ɪ ti / adjectivepersnickety. Origin of pernickety1800–10; originally Scots; of uncertain origin; the prefix per- occurs in a number of other expressive words in Scots, e.g. pergaddus thump, clatter, perskeet fastidious, perjink trim, neat OTHER WORDS FROM pernicketyper·nick·et·i·ness, nounWords nearby pernicketypernancy, pernicious, pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia, pernicious vomiting, pernickety, Pernik, pernio, Pernod, pernor, pero- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pernickety
British Dictionary definitions for pernicketypernickety US persnickety/ (pəˈnɪkɪtɪ) / adjective informalexcessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy (of a task) requiring close attention; exacting Derived forms of pernicketypernicketiness or US persnicketiness, nounWord Origin for pernicketyC19: originally Scottish, of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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