meticulous
Meaning
- Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
- (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Opposite of
sloppy, careless, slapdash, aggressive, carefree, meticulous
Synonyms
detailed and careful
fault-finding
in good order
Translations
méticuleux
meticuloso
meticoloso
akribisch
meticulosoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”). Sense of “characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details” is a semantic loan from French méticuleux.
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