meaning "fear." Althoughmeticulouscurrently has no "fearful" meanings, it was originally used as a synonym of "frightened" and "timid." This sense had fallen into disuse by 1700, and in the 1800smeticulousacquired a new
(possibly due to the influence of the French wordméticuleux). This meaning in turn led to the current one of "painstakingly careful," with no connotations of fear at all. The newest use was controversial for a time, but it is now by far the most common meaning; even the most ...
meaning: very careful and with great attention to every detail 1) 联想: met- meet 2) 后缀: -ic, -ulous 形容词后缀 3) 画面: 为了满足别人要求, 做事认真严谨的感觉. e.g. Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book. 为写此书,已投入了大量时间做细致的前期准备。 声...
[C16 (meaning: timid): from Latinmeticulōsusfearful, frommetusfear] meˈticulouslyadv meˈticulousness,meticu'losityn Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 ...
Meaning: Extremely careful, punctilious, extremely precise, exacting.Notes: This adjective comes with an adverb, meticulously, and a noun, meticulousness. Many adjectives with the suffix -ous have a less clunky noun on -osity and, sure enough, meticulosity has been used almost as often as its...
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(probably influenced by the French word méticuleux). This in turn led to the current meaning of "painstakingly careful," with no connotations of fear at all. The newest use was controversial among some usage commentators at first, but it has since become by far the most common meaning and...
(probably influenced by the French word méticuleux). This in turn led to the current meaning of "painstakingly careful," with no connotations of fear at all. The newest use was controversial among some usage commentators at first, but it has since become by far the most common meaning and...
meaning: very careful and with great attention to every detail 1) 联想: met- meet 2) 后缀: -ic, -ulous 形容词后缀 3) 画面: 为了满足别人要求, 做事认真严谨的感觉. e.g. Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book. 为写此书,已投入了大量时间做细致的前期准备。 声...
and in the 1800smeticulousacquired a new meaning of "overly and timidly careful" (possibly due to the influence of the French wordméticuleux). This meaning in turn led to the current one of "painstakingly careful," with no connotations of fear at all. The newest use was controversial for...