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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

METIC'ULOUS, a. [L. Feticulosus.] Timid. [ Not used.]
METON'IC CYCLE
METON'IC YEAR, the cycle of the moon, or period of nineteen years, in which the lunations of the moon return to the same days of the month; so called from its discoverer Meton the Athenian.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette" [syn: meticulous, punctilious]
2: marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin meticulosus fearful, irregular from metus fear Date: 1827 marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details <a meticulous researcher> Synonyms: see careful • meticulosity noun • meticulously adverb • meticulousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 giving great or excessive attention to details. 2 very careful and precise. Derivatives: meticulously adv. meticulousness n. Etymology: L meticulosus f. metus fear

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meticulous Me*tic"u*lous, a. [L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear: cf. F. m['e]ticuleux.] Timid; fearful. -- Me*tic"u*lous*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone as meticulous, you mean that they do things very carefully and with great attention to detail. He was so meticulous about everything... The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail. ADJ • meticulously The flat had been meticulously cleaned. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

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