Word of the Day 1-18-2012

Persnickety:

1. Overparticular; fussy.

2. Snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.

3. Requiring painstaking care.

 

Origin:

Persnickety  dates back to the late 1800s. It is a variant of the Scots word pernickety , which is of uncertain origin. Pernickety  is perhaps related to other Scots words with the per-  prefix, like perskeet  which meant "fastidious."