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Adjective: persnickety  pur'sni-ki-tee
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: pernickety)
  1. Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
    "a persnickety school teacher";
    - pernickety [Brit, informal]

See also: fastidious

Encyclopedia: Persnickety