Niggler
/ˈnɪɡ.lɚ/noun
A person who is overly fussy about small details or who works in a slow, painstaking way.
Did you know?Niggler is historically tied to the older verb niggle, a word of uncertain origin that meant to worry at or pick at small things, and it has no established occult or magical root in standard etymology.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
English
niggle
“To worry at, pick at, or do something in a petty, fussy way.”
19th Century
English
niggler
“A person who niggles; someone overly concerned with trifles.”
19th Century
English
niggard
“A miserly or stingy person; later also used as an adjective meaning stingy.”
Uncertain
English
niggle
“The deeper origin is obscure; it may be related to older dialectal forms meaning to be finicky or to handle something in a trivial way.”