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nitpickiness

nitpickiness noun: the quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia.

Noun

nitpickiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia.
    • Putting aside the nitpickiness of the complaint — “plenitude” originates in Latin, “fullness” doesn’t — “plenitude” also has philosophical associations running from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas to David Lewis.2007 July 29, David Orr, “Translating Zbigniew Herbert”, in New York Times

Origin of nitpickiness

From nitpicky + -ness.

Questions about nitpickiness

What does nitpickiness mean?
Nitpickiness means the quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia.
What part of speech is nitpickiness?
Nitpickiness is a noun.

Words near nitpickiness in the dictionary

  1. nitpickers
  2. nitpickery
  3. nitpickety
  4. nitpickier
  5. nitpickiest
  6. nitpickiness
  7. nitpicking
  8. nitpickingly
  9. nitpickings
  10. nitpickish
  11. nitpicks

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