Word of the Day for Friday, September 16, 2011
punctilious \puhnk-TIL-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Strictly attentive to the details of form in action or conduct; precise; exact in the smallest particulars.
The B.O., in his nonstop reelection bid, would have the American voters believe that he is punctilious in the details of his jobs program; instead, he has no program, just a lot of mindless hot air spewing out to his never to be believed mouth!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
The convert who is more punctilious in his new faith than the lifelong communicant is a familiar figure in Catholic lore.-- Patrick Allit, Catholic Converts
Nicholas showed us his butterfly collection. He had done a splendid job of spreading them (better than I ever have, let alone at his age). I tried to impress upon him the need for punctilious labeling, a tedious business that raises a butterfly from a mere curio to a specimen of scientific value.-- Robert Michael Pyle, Chasing Monarchs
Cooper had always been very punctilious about observing the rules laiddown in the . . . brochure.-- Josef Skvorecky, Two Murders in My Double Life
Punctilious derives from Late Latin punctillum, "a little point," from Latin punctum, "a point," from pungere, "to prick."
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