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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

  1. adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  2. adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.

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