Etymology dictionary. 2014.
meticulous — UK US /məˈtɪkjələs/ adjective ► very careful to consider every detail in a process: meticulous about sth »She was meticulous about keeping her expense receipts properly filed. »A combination of innovation and meticulous attention to detail have… … Financial and business terms
Meticulous — Me*tic u*lous, a. [L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear: cf. F. m[ e]ticuleux.] Timid; fearful. [archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. Taking great care to get every detail correct; working thoroughly and with precision; as, meticulous workmanship. [PJC] {Me*tic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meticulous — is derived from the Latin word metus ‘fear’, and in the 16c and 17c it had a corresponding meaning ‘fearful, timid’. Then the word went out of use, only to reappear in the early 19c in a completely different sense, ‘over careful about details’.… … Modern English usage
meticulous — I adjective alert, assiduous, attentive, careful, circumspect, clean, conscientious, considered, correct, diligens, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gingerly, heedful, industrious, mindful,… … Law dictionary
meticulous — *careful, scrupulous, punctilious, punctual Analogous words: fastidious, finicky, particular, fussy, pernickety, *nice: accurate, exact, precise, *correct … New Dictionary of Synonyms
meticulous — [adj] detailed, perfectionist accurate, cautious, conscientious, conscionable, crossing the t’s*, dotting the i’s*, exact, fastidious, fussy, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking*, painstaking, particular, persnickety*, picky, precise, punctilious,… … New thesaurus
meticulous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very careful and precise. DERIVATIVES meticulously adverb meticulousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «fearful», later «overcareful about detail»: from Latin meticulosus fearful … English terms dictionary
meticulous — [mə tik′yo͞o ləs, mə tik′yələs] adj. [L meticulosus, fearful < metus, fear] extremely or excessively careful about details; scrupulous or finicky SYN. CAREFUL meticulously adv. meticulousness n. meticulosity [mə tik′yo͞oläs′ə tē, mə… … English World dictionary
meticulous — me|tic|u|lous [mıˈtıkjuləs] adj [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: meticulosus afraid , from metus fear ] very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly ▪ He kept meticulous accounts. ▪ Their planning… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Meticulous — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Meticulous (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on meticulous instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/meticulous … Wikipedia
