punctilious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
    — With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.
  2. Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
    — Of course, humans do not treat time in such a punctilious fashion.

词形变化

more punctilious comparative most punctilious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
overpunctilious punctiliously punctiliousness unpunctilious
相关词
point punctuate punctual punctuality punctuation

词源

Etymology tree
English punctilio
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English punctilious
From punctilio (“fine point in exactness of conduct”) + -ous.
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