minutiousadj.
/mʌɪˈnjuːʃəs/, /mᵻˈnjuːʃəs/, U.S. /məˈn(j)uʃəs/ Characterized by attention to very small details; concerned with or attentive to minutiae.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail > characterized by scrupulous care
curious1526
scrupulous1638
elaborate1649
minutious1779
nail-paring1996
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail
curious1570
nice1589
particular1616
scrupulous1638
elaborate1649
morose1695
minutiose1868
minutious1891
meticulous1952
1779 H. Clinton Let. 24 Apr. in K. G. Davies Documents Amer. Revol. (1977) XVII. 111 As they had throughout the negotiation objected to everything with a minutious spirit of contention we drew no favourable inference from their delay in answering.
1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 252 Minutious and troublesome attentions.
1851 G. W. Lyttelton Glynnese Gloss. 8 These [spinsterish qualities], pushed..by the spinsters in question and those who resemble them, to a minutious scrupulosity [beyond]..reason.
1891 Fortn. Rev. May 802 His leisure was too limited to allow him to be pedantic or minutious.
1899 Month Apr. 433 [He] sent them [sc. the proofs] back covered with minutious criticism.
1953 Amer. Hist. Rev. 58 881 The general reader..will find quite tedious..the minutious accounts of petty quarrels and discussions.
1969 Language 45 219 Most of the reviewers praise Kloss' scholarly arrangement of the material, the minutious gathering of statistical evidence.
1980 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 52 534 The results of Hervier's minutious examination of the similarities and differences between the two writers are of interest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1779