pignolo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- stickler noun A person who insists on strict adherence to rules, details, or standards.
- troublemaker noun Someone who deliberately causes problems or stirs up conflict.
Senses
pignolo is used for these senses in English:
- fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
- nitpicker One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
- split hairs (idiomatic) Tedious details; minutiae.
- troublemaker A complainer.
fastidious — full definition
- adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.
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