pointilleux
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.