pointilleux

French

Etymology

From pointiller +‎ -eux, from pointille, from Italian puntiglio

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃.ti.jø/

Adjective

pointilleux (feminine singular pointilleuse, masculine plural pointilleux, feminine plural pointilleuses)

punctilious, finicky, pernickety

Synonyms

vétilleux

Further reading

“pointilleux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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