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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024me•tic•u•lous /məˈtɪkyələs/USA pronunciation adj. - taking or showing extreme care about small details:He was very meticulous in his figures.
- finicky;
fussy:a meticulous dresser.
me•tic•u•lous•ly, adv. me•tic•u•lous•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024me•tic•u•lous (mə tik′yə ləs),USA pronunciation adj. - taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise;
thorough:a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance. - finicky;
fussy:meticulous adherence to technicalities.
- Latin metīculōsus full of fear, fearful, equivalent. to metī- for metū- (stem of metus fear) + -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus perilous
- 1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exact, strict, scrupulous. See painstaking.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged careless.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: meticulous /mɪˈtɪkjʊləs/ adj - very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking
Etymology: 16th Century (meaning: timid): from Latin meticulōsus fearful, from metus fearmeˈticulously adv meˈticulousness n |