minutiousadj.

Brit.

/mʌɪˈnjuːʃəs/,

/mᵻˈnjuːʃəs/, U.S.

/məˈn(j)uʃəs/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French minutieux ; minutiae n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: Either < French minutieux (1742; < minutie (see minutia n.) + -eux -ous suffix), or independently < minutiae n. + -ous suffix. Compare Italian minuzioso (a1808). Compare later minutiose adj.

Characterized by attention to very small details; concerned with or attentive to minutiae.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	minutious
释义	minutiousadj. Brit. /mʌɪˈnjuːʃəs/, /mᵻˈnjuːʃəs/, U.S. /məˈn(j)uʃəs/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French minutieux ; minutiae n., -ous suffix. Etymology: Either < French minutieux (1742; < minutie (see minutia n.) + -eux -ous suffix), or independently < minutiae n. + -ous suffix. Compare Italian minuzioso (a1808). Compare later minutiose adj. Characterized by attention to very small details; concerned with or attentive to minutiae. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1779
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