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Adjective: persnickety  pur'snikitee
  1. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
    "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
    - bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
     
  2. Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
    "a persnickety job"; "a persnickety school teacher"
    - pernickety

See also: fastidious, proud