meticulous
[ muh-tik-yuh-luhs ]
/ məˈtɪk yə ləs /
adjective
taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
finicky; fussy: meticulous adherence to technicalities.
Origin of meticulous
1525–35; < Latin
metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equivalent to
metī- for
metū- (stem of
metus fear) +
-culōsus, extracted from
perīculōsus
perilous
synonym study for meticulous
1. See
painstaking.
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British Dictionary definitions for meticulous
meticulous
/ (mɪˈtɪkjʊləs) /
adjective
very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking
Derived forms of meticulous
meticulously, adverb meticulousness, nounWord Origin for meticulous
C16 (meaning: timid): from Latin
meticulōsus fearful, from
metus fear