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)

1. punctilious, finicky, pernickety

   Synonym: vétilleux

Further reading

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