niggler

Variant of niggle

niggle definition

nig·gle (nig′əl)

intransitive verb niggled -·gled, niggling -·gling

to work fussily; pay too much attention to petty details

Etymology: North Brit dial., prob. akin to Norw dial. nigla in same sense

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