noun
Meaning 1
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nitpicker
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/ˈnɪt.pɪk.ə(ɹ)/
noun
Meaning 2
someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: critic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English nitpick Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English nitpicker From nitpick + -er.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَصَيِّد الإِخْطَاء (mutaṣayyid al-ʔiḵṭāʔ) — one who nitpicks
- Catalan: llepafils — one who nitpicks
- Czech: puntičkář — one who nitpicks
- Czech: pedant — one who nitpicks
- Czech: hnidopich — one who nitpicks
- Dutch: mierenneuker — one who nitpicks
- Dutch: muggenzifter — one who nitpicks
- Estonian: tähenärija — one who nitpicks
- Finnish: pilkunviilaaja — one who nitpicks
- French: pinailleur — one who nitpicks
- French: coupeur de cheveux en quatre — one who nitpicks
- French: enculeur de mouches — one who nitpicks
- German: Erbsenzähler — one who nitpicks
- German: Erbsenzählerin — one who nitpicks
- German: Korinthenkacker — one who nitpicks
- German: Korinthenkackerin — one who nitpicks
- German: Griffelspitzer — one who nitpicks
- German: Griffelspitzerin — one who nitpicks
- Icelandic: smámunaseggur — one who nitpicks
- Italian: pignolo — one who nitpicks
- Macedonian: ситничар (sitničar) — one who nitpicks
- Macedonian: ситничарка (sitničarka) — one who nitpicks
- Norwegian: kverulant — one who nitpicks