pointilleux
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pointiller + -eux, from pointille, from Italian puntiglio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pointilleux (feminine pointilleuse, masculine plural pointilleux, feminine plural pointilleuses)
- punctilious, finicky, pernickety
- Synonym: vétilleux
Further reading[edit]
- “pointilleux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.