† punctillen.

Forms: 1600s punctille, 1600s puntille.

Origin: A borrowing from French; modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymon: French pointille.

Etymology: < French pointille pointille n.¹; influenced in form by classical Latin punctum point n.¹ and post-classical Latin punctillum little point (3rd or 4th cent.; < classical Latin punctum point n.¹ + -illum : see -illa suffix). Compare slightly earlier punctilio n. and slightly later pointille n.¹

Obsolete. rare.

1. = punctilio n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > point of honour > detailed

punto1584

punctilio1596

punctille1610

punctuality1621

punkettoa1625

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum > a detail of

punto1584

punctilio1596

punctille1610

punctuality1621

punkettoa1625

1610 J. More in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 87 It was a hard matter to give them contentment in such punctilles.

2. = punctilio n. 2a.

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

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 277 Their first meeting..was not without some of that emulation and puntille which is ordinary in their Sex.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	punctille
释义	† punctillen. Forms: 1600s punctille, 1600s puntille. Origin: A borrowing from French; modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymon: French pointille. Etymology: < French pointille pointille n.¹; influenced in form by classical Latin punctum point n.¹ and post-classical Latin punctillum little point (3rd or 4th cent.; < classical Latin punctum point n.¹ + -illum : see -illa suffix). Compare slightly earlier punctilio n. and slightly later pointille n.¹ Obsolete. rare. 1. = punctilio n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > point of honour > detailed punto1584 punctilio1596 punctille1610 punctuality1621 punkettoa1625 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum > a detail of punto1584 punctilio1596 punctille1610 punctuality1621 punkettoa1625 1610 J. More in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 87 It was a hard matter to give them contentment in such punctilles. 2. = punctilio n. 2a. 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 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 277 Their first meeting..was not without some of that emulation and puntille which is ordinary in their Sex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1610
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