[ˈstɪklə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour
(e.g: he's a stickler for accuracy)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘umpire’): from obsolete stickle ‘be umpire’, alteration of obsolete stightle ‘to control’, frequentative of Old English stiht(i)an ‘set in order’