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persnicketiness

persnicketiness noun: the state or condition of being persnickety.

Noun

persnicketiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being persnickety.

Origin of persnicketiness

From persnickety + -ness.

Questions about persnicketiness

What does persnicketiness mean?
Persnicketiness means the state or condition of being persnickety.
What part of speech is persnicketiness?
Persnicketiness is a noun.

Words near persnicketiness in the dictionary

  1. Persitz
  2. Persitzes
  3. Persky
  4. Perskys
  5. persnicketily
  6. persnicketiness
  7. persnickety
  8. Perso-
  9. Perso-Arabic
  10. Persoid
  11. person

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