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单词 precisian
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Definition of precisian in English:

precisian

noun prɪˈsɪʒ(ə)npriˈsɪʒən
archaic
  • A person who is rigidly precise or punctilious, especially as regards religious rules.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘The generality of the people who were then called puritans, precisians, religious persons’, Baxter wrote, those ‘that used to talk of God, and heaven, and scripture, and holiness adhered to the Parliament.
    • She also turned her son into something of a precisian.
    Synonyms
    pedant, precisionist, perfectionist, formalist, literalist, stickler, traditionalist, doctrinaire, quibbler, hair-splitter, dogmatist, casuist, sophist, fault-finder, caviller, carper, pettifogger

Derivatives

  • precisianism

  • noun prɪˈsɪʒ(ə)nɪz(ə)mpriˈsɪʒəˌnɪzəm
    archaic

Rhymes

circumcision, collision, concision, decision, derision, division, elision, envision, excision, imprecision, incision, misprision, precision, provision, scission, vision
 
 

Definition of precisian in US English:

precisian

nounprēˈsiZHənpriˈsɪʒən
archaic
  • A person who is rigidly precise or punctilious, especially as regards religious rules.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘The generality of the people who were then called puritans, precisians, religious persons’, Baxter wrote, those ‘that used to talk of God, and heaven, and scripture, and holiness adhered to the Parliament.
    • She also turned her son into something of a precisian.
    Synonyms
    pedant, precisionist, perfectionist, formalist, literalist, stickler, traditionalist, doctrinaire, quibbler, hair-splitter, dogmatist, casuist, sophist, fault-finder, caviller, carper, pettifogger
 
 
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