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Where does “persnickety” come from?

persnickety (English) comes from Scots persnickety.

persnickety (English): US standard form of pernickety

Definitions

  1. US standard form of pernickety

Ancestry of “persnickety”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotspersnickety—

Words derived from “persnickety”

  • persnicketiness
  • persnicketily
Every word from Scots persnickety →