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单词 punctiliosity
释义

punctiliosityn.

Brit. /pʌŋ(k)ˌtɪlɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpəŋ(k)ˌtɪliˈɑsədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punctilious adj., -osity suffix.
Etymology: < punctilious adj.: see -osity suffix. Compare Italian puntigliosità (1911). Compare earlier punctiliousness n.
rare.
= punctiliousness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum
formc1405
galancie1581
ceremoniousness1583
punctilio1596
formality1599
ceremony1603
punctuality1618
punctillea1648
complementalness1657
formalness1684
punctiliousness1685
nicety1693
ceremonial1749
square-toedness1846
punctiliosity1859
uptightness1969
1859 D. Masson Life Milton I. 454 A kind of sweet, modest punctiliosity is the virtue he strives to paint.
1919 Proc. High School Conf. 1918 (Univ. Illinois) 175 Just when to stick Bourbonism between somebody's ribs for a slip in oral righteousness, or when to graft bourgeois prose on the lips of verbal punctiliosity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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