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meticulous
What does meticulous mean?
meticulous (adjective): characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce meticulous?
/məˈtɪkjələs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does meticulous come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “meticulous” mean?
of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; trivial
Not quite: that's what frivolous means.
commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position
Not quite: that's what venerable means.
deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
Not quite: that's what disloyal means.
characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details
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