pointilleux
French
editEtymology
editFrom pointiller + -eux, from pointille, from Italian puntiglio.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpointilleux (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.