quisquilloso
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== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From quisquilla + -oso.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: quis‧qui‧llo‧so
=== Adjective ===
quisquilloso (feminine quisquillosa, masculine plural quisquillosos, feminine plural quisquillosas)
nitpicking, fussy, picky, persnickety (US), pernickety (UK), fastidious
Synonym: tiquismiquis
tetchy, touchy, prickly, testy
Synonym: picajoso
=== Noun ===
quisquilloso m (plural quisquillosos, feminine quisquillosa, feminine plural quisquillosas)
fussy person
picky eater
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=== Further reading ===
“quisquilloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025