14 March 2014

persnickety

[per-snik-i-tee]

adjective Informal.

1. overparticular; fussy.
2. snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob.
3. requiring painstaking care.

Also, pernickety.

Origin:
1885–90; orig. Scots, variant of pernickety

Related forms
per·snick·et·i·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. nitpicking, finicky.

Anagram

pry neckties
spiky centre
stinky creep
inky sceptre

Today’s aphorism

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.

– Peter Tosh

On this day

14 March – Pi Day – the date being 3/14 and of course, pi being 3.14.

14 March 1939 – the independent republic of Czechoslovakia is dissolved, enabling occupation by Nazi forces following the 1938 Munich Act. Czechoslovakia had been created in 1918.

14 March 1983 – Reggae legend, Peter Tosh, plays the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia, as part of the annual Moomba festival.