nitpickiness

noun

nitpickiness

noun

Etymology From nitpicky + -ness.

1

The quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia.

  • Putting aside the nitpickiness of the complaint — “plenitude” originates in Latin, “fullness” doesn’t — “plenitude” also has philosophical associations running from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas to David Lewis.2007 July 29, David Orr, “Translating Zbigniew Herbert”, in New York Times:

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