ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nitpickiness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Nitpickiness is a noun meaning The quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia.

Meaning

The quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia.

Example Sentences

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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pickiness, finickiness, pettiness, persnicketiness, pernicketiness, finickingness.

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