meticulous |mɪˈtɪkjʊləs|adjectiveshowing great attention to detail; very careful and precise: the designs are hand-glazed with meticulous care | he had always been so meticulous about his appearance.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fearful or timid’): from Latin meticulosus,from metus ‘fear’. The word came to mean ‘overcareful about detail’, hence the current sense (early 19th cent.).
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fearful or timid’): from Latin meticulosus,from metus ‘fear’. The word came to mean ‘overcareful about detail’, hence the current sense (early 19th cent.).
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