meticulous
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yə 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; < Latin metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equivalent to metī- for metū- (stem of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous
1525–35; < Latin metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equivalent to metī- for metū- (stem of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous
Related forms
me·tic·u·lous·ly, adverb
un·me·tic·u·lous, adjective
un·me·tic·u·lous·ly, adverb
un·me·tic·u·lous·ness, noun
Antonyms
1, 2. careless.
1, 2. careless.
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| —adj | |
| very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking | |
| [C16 (meaning: timid): from Latin meticulōsus fearful, from metus fear] | |
| me'ticulously | |
| —adv | |
| me'ticulousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
meticulous
1530s, from L. meticulosus "fearful, timid," lit. "full of fear," from metus "fear," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from Fr. méticuleux. Related: Meticulousness.
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Example sentences
He keeps meticulous count of all the books he's read.
One reason is that its coroner keeps more meticulous records than others.
The researchers behind the new study also say they were more meticulous in how they interpreted pigment samples.
It's based on meticulous environment control, not chemicals.
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