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The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- "Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- Wally in Dilbert
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَمَحُّلُ النَّقْد
(tamaḥḥulu n-naqd)
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Bengali:
চুলচেরা বিচার
(culcera bicar)
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Danish:
flueknepperi
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Dutch:
muggenziften
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Dutch:
mierenneuken
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Finnish:
niuhotus
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Finnish:
niuhottaminen
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Finnish:
pilkunviilaus
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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French:
pinaillerie
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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French:
pinaillage
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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French:
ergotage
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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French:
chicane
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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French:
pointilleux
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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French:
pédanterie
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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German:
Pedanterie
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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German:
Erbsenzählerei
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Hungarian:
szőrszálhasogatás
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Icelandic:
sparðatíningur
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Italian:
pignoleria
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Italian:
cavillosità
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Italian:
pedantismo
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Italian:
puntigliosità
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Macedonian:
ситничарење
(sitničarenje)
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Māori:
totetore
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
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Norwegian Bokmål:
flisespikkeri
— any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
