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pernickety
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pernickety
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pernickety
/pɚ
ˈ
nɪkəti/
adjective
pernickety
/pɚ
ˈ
nɪkəti/
adjective
Learner's definition of PERNICKETY
[
more pernickety; most pernickety
]
British, informal + disapproving
:
persnickety
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