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Meticulous
- 4 dictionary resultsme⋅tic⋅u⋅lous
[muh-tik-yuh-luh
s]
–adjective
| 1. | taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance. |
| 2. | finicky; fussy: meticulous adherence to technicalities. |
Origin:
1525–35; < L metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equiv. to metī- for metū- (s. of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous
1525–35; < L metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equiv. to metī- for metū- (s. of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous

Related forms:
me⋅tic⋅u⋅lous⋅ly, adverb
Antonyms:
1, 2. careless.
1, 2. careless.
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Meticulous
Me*tic"u*lous\, a. [L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear: cf. F. m['e]ticuleux.] Timid; fearful. -- Me*tic"u*lous*ly, adv.
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Language Translation for : Meticulous
Spanish:
meticuloso,
German:
peinlich genau,
Japanese:
細かすぎる
meticulous
1535, from L. meticulosus "fearful, timid," lit. "full of fear," from metus "fear," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in Eng. 1827, from Fr. méticuleux.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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