punctilious.
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Meaning & usage
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
With a punctilious slap of the gloves, the duel was now inevitable.
Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English punctilio Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus 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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