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101curiosa et captiosa interpretatio in lege reprobatur — /kyuriyowsa et kaepshiyowsa intarprateysh(iy)ow in liyjiy reprabeytsr/ A curious [overnice or subtle] and captious interpretation is reprobated in law …
102curiosa et captiosa interpretatio in lege reprobatur — /kyuriyowsa et kaepshiyowsa intarprateysh(iy)ow in liyjiy reprabeytsr/ A curious [overnice or subtle] and captious interpretation is reprobated in law …
103hairsplitting — [her′split΄iŋ] adj., n. making overnice or petty distinctions; quibbling hairsplitter n …
104superfine — [so͞o′pər fīn΄, so͞o΄pər fīn′] adj. [ME superfyne: see SUPER & FINE1] 1. too subtle, delicate, or refined; overnice [a superfine distinction] 2. of exceptionally fine quality [superfine glassware] 3. extremely fine grained …
105quibbling — adj niggling, critical, overnice, carping, captious, ambiguous, cavilling, evasive, casuistic, equivocating, logic chopping OLD pettifogging COLLOQ. hair splitting, nit picking …
106overnicety — noun see overnice * * * n., pl. overniceties …
107dain|ty — «DAYN tee», adjective, ti|er, ti|est, noun, plural ties. –adj. 1. having delicate beauty; fresh and pretty: »The violet is a dainty spring flower. SYNONYM(S): exquisite. See syn. under …
108fas|tid´i|ous|ness — fas|tid|i|ous «fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. hard to please, often because one is dainty in taste or easily disgusted; extremely refined or critical: »a fastidious dresser, a fastidious eater. SYNONYM(S): squeamish, overnice. ╂[< Latin… …
109fas|tid´i|ous|ly — fas|tid|i|ous «fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. hard to please, often because one is dainty in taste or easily disgusted; extremely refined or critical: »a fastidious dresser, a fastidious eater. SYNONYM(S): squeamish, overnice. ╂[< Latin… …
110fas|tid|i|ous — «fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. hard to please, often because one is dainty in taste or easily disgusted; extremely refined or critical: »a fastidious dresser, a fastidious eater. SYNONYM(S): squeamish, overnice. ╂[< Latin fastīdiōsus <… …
