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Definition of Nitpicker
1. Noun. Someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms.
Definition of Nitpicker
1. Noun. One who nitpicks (gloss finds fault in unimportant details). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nitpicker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitpicker
Literary usage of Nitpicker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by James B. Stockdale (1995)
"Solzhenitsyn locates it in the heart, and Epictetus would buy that—or will or
moral purpose or character or soul—he's not a nitpicker about things like that ..."
2. Family Words: The Dictionary for People Who Don't Know a Frone from a Brinkle by Paul Dickson (1998)
"A nitpicker, as in “He's a real whereas.” From “Whereas the party of the first
part, etc.” From Margaret Atwood, who adds, “As I write this I see that it ..."
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