pointilleux

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃.ti.jø/

Adjective

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

punctilious, finicky, pernickety
Synonym: vétilleux

Further reading

“pointilleux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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