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- Bathersome adj.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1881-1882: The maist pernickety, impatient, bathersome craitur.
- Pernicketie adj., adv., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1814-2000 pernickety, Robert. Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 279: Nane o' yer prim, preceese 10: They're maybe kinna nerra and contractit aboot things, and whiles a bit pernickety. Abd be closed, said Gordon. And you need a licence. Aye. They're pernickety. em.Sc. 2000 James keep pigs in. At that price I didna even fetch back ma sheep - it would hae been ower pernickety, d'ye at nought and exploded. Sc. 1965 : It's pernickety work, compiling a dictionary. II
- Knapper-knytlich adj., n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1904' knipperknatlich an' maun gie fowk their due an' naething mair. II . n . A pernickety, fussy person (Abd. 1939
- Shan v.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]1824-1990 Mag. (Jan.) 277: The skranky-shilpit an' pernickety “Keelvingsighed, 'Ow-de-dow” kin o' shangabbit
