Definitions for pernickety

pernickety per·nick·et·y

Spelling: [per-nik-i-tee]
IPA: /pərˈnɪk ɪ ti/

Pernickety is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 475 anagrams from letters in pernickety (ceeiknprty).

Definitions for pernickety

adjective

  1. persnickety.

Origin of pernickety

1800-10; orig. 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

Examples for pernickety

She meant it was God's house, I s'pose, but she needn't have been so pernickety.

You didn't use to be so pernickety, when you was punchin' on the range, Lon.

I remember she was most pernickety about her blacks after my father's death.

Word Value for pernickety
Scrable

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Words with friends

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