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    [Adjective]  | "me*tic*u*lous" | \ mə-ˈti-kyə-ləs \


    1: marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details


    Origin: 1827 ;

     Earlier, "fearful," borrowed from Latin metīculōsus, metūculōsus "timid, apprehensive," from metū-, stem of metus "fear, dread" (of uncertain origin) + -culōsus (in perīculōsus "involving danger, {see: |perilous|perilous}");

      * Note : The senses "overscrupulous," then "careful, scrupulous" may depend on French méticuleux, for which these meanings are attested somewhat earlier than in English.;

    [Noun]  | "meticulosity" 


    1: strict attentiveness to what one is doing;


      * e.g., " ... the meticulosity with which she placed each piece of china, crystal, and silver on the table "





    [Adjective]  | "meticulous" 


    1: taking, showing, or involving great care and effort;


      * e.g., " ... did a meticulous job of restoring the painting "





     [ "Meticulosity" ]

    1: A precise detail of something; a point which requires painstaking attention.

      * e.g.,  ... I'll take care of planning the project if you'll deal with the meticulosities. -You forgot to say what time the party is. -Oh, that's just a meticulosity. 

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