nitpicker

See also: nit-picker

English

Alternative forms

• nit-picker

Etymology

Etymology tree

English nitpick

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English nitpicker

From nitpick + -er.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪt.pɪk.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

nitpicker (plural nitpickers)

1. One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).

Synonyms

• pettifogger

Derived terms

• netpicker

Translations

one who nitpicks

• Arabic: مُتَصَيِّد الإِخْطَاء m (mutaṣayyid al-ʔiḵṭāʔ)
• Catalan: llepafils (ca) m or f
• Czech: puntičkář (cs) m, pedant (cs) m, hnidopich (cs) m
• Dutch: mierenneuker (nl) m, muggenzifter (nl) m
• Estonian: tähenärija
• Finnish: pilkunviilaaja
• French: pinailleur (fr), coupeur de cheveux en quatre (fr), (slang) enculeur de mouches (fr)
• German: Erbsenzähler (de) m, Erbsenzählerin (de) f, (colloquial) Korinthenkacker (de) m, (colloquial) Korinthenkackerin (de) f, Griffelspitzer (de) m, Griffelspitzerin f
• Icelandic: smámunaseggur m
• Italian: pignolo (it)
• Macedonian: ситничар m or m pl (sitničar), ситничарка f (sitničarka)
• Norwegian: kverulant (no) m
• Russian: приди́ра (ru) m or f (pridíra)