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pernicketiness

pernicketiness noun: the state or condition of being pernickety.

Noun

pernicketiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being pernickety.

Origin of pernicketiness

From pernickety + -ness.

Questions about pernicketiness

What does pernicketiness mean?
Pernicketiness means the state or condition of being pernickety.
What part of speech is pernicketiness?
Pernicketiness is a noun.

Words near pernicketiness in the dictionary

  1. pernicious scales
  2. perniciously
  3. perniciousness
  4. pernicity
  5. pernicketily
  6. pernicketiness
  7. pernickety
  8. pernigraniline
  9. Pernik
  10. pernil
  11. perning

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