meticulous
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United States//mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs//
- United States//mɪˈtɪkjuləs//
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
adjective
- 1
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
meticulous search
meticulous investigation
meticulous knowledge
meticulous report
- 2
archaicTimid, fearful, overly cautious.
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.
Forms
- comparative
- more meticulous
- superlative
- most meticulous
meth · Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline…methane · The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent…method · A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing…
meticulous · Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
metre · The basic unit of length in the International System of Units…metro · A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such…Metro · A city in Lampung, Indonesia.