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meticuˈlosity
[f. L. meticulōsus meticulous + -ity. Cf. F. méticulosité.]
The quality of being meticulous; † timorousness (obs.); excessive scrupulousness.
1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 60 So that such Leagues may more properly be called Leagues of meticulosity and fear, then of amity. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1906Daily News 20 Feb. 9/1 Meticulosity of detail. 1972Country Life 16 Mar. 657/2 The meticulosity of manners was necessary inside or outside the novels, in the villainy of a manor house character or at the tea-table. |