pernickety

Updated: February 22, 2026

Over the camisole, in 1910, came a blouse, pernickety and shiftless about its waist fastening; and finally a hobble skirt, chiefly kept up by safety pins, and so cut below as to hamper free movement of the limbs as much as possible.

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston - Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement