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meticulous

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19
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10
Pronunciation
/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/(US)
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/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/(US) · /mɪˈtɪkjuləs/(US)

Definition of meticulous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
    “meticulous search”
    “meticulous investigation”
    “meticulous knowledge”
    “meticulous report”
    “The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.”
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adj

  1. Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
    “meticulous search”
    “meticulous investigation”
    “meticulous knowledge”
    “meticulous report”
    “The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.”
  2. (archaic)Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”). Sense of “characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details” is a semantic loan from French méticuleux.

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