puntigliosità — meaning in English
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English meaning
- nitpicking noun The careful work of removing nits, the eggs of lice, from someone's hair.
- pique verb To arouse someone's interest or curiosity, especially suddenly.
Senses
puntigliosità is used for these senses in English:
- nitpicking (figuratively, by extension) 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.
- pique (uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
nitpicking — full definition
- noun The careful work of removing nits, the eggs of lice, from someone's hair.
- noun The habit of pointing out small faults or details that most people think are not important.
pique — full definition
- verb To arouse someone's interest or curiosity, especially suddenly.
- verb To wound someone's pride or make them feel resentful and irritated.
- noun A feeling of irritation or wounded pride, usually short-lived and caused by a slight.
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