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nitpicker

noun
/ˈnɪt.pɪk.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From nitpick + -er.

  1. derived from *bew-✻
  2. inherited from *pikkōną✻ — “to pick, peck, prick, knock”
  3. inherited from *pikkōn✻
  4. inherited from *piccian✻
  5. inherited from piken
  6. compounded as nitpick — “nit + pick”
  7. formed as nitpicker — “nitpick + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).

The neighborhood

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