pinailleur — meaning in English

English meaning

• finicky adj Overly fussy or hard to please, especially about small details.
• pernickety adj Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.

Senses

pinailleur is used for these senses in English:

• captious Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
• finicky (informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
• nitpicker One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).

pernickety — full definition

1. adj Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
2. adj Requiring attention to minor details.

Related French words