precisian

precisian
Synonyms and related words:
Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, bluestocking, bourgeois, burgher, captious critic, compulsive character, conformer, conformist, conventionalist, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exact, exquisite, formalist, formalistic, goody good-good, goody-goody, methodical, methodologist, meticulous, middle-class type, mincing, model child, namby-pamby, nitpicker, orderly, organization man, overnice, overprecise, overrefined, parrot, pedant, pedantic, perfectionist, plastic person, precieuse, precieux, precious, precise, precisianist, precisianistic, precisionist, precisionistic, punctilious, purist, puristic, scrupulous, sheep, simpering, square, stickler, teenybopper, traditionalist, trimmer, yes-man

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  • Precisian — Pre*ci sian, n. 1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; formerly applied to the English Puritans. [1913 Webster] The most… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • precisian — index precise Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • precisian — [prē sizh′ən, prisizh′ən] n. a person who is strict and precise in observing rules or customs, esp. of religion; specif., a 16th or 17th cent. English Puritan …   English World dictionary

  • precisian — noun /pɹɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n/ a) A religious purist; a Puritan. Her speech was hardly more grating upon him, precisian though he was, than the careless, untutored lapses of a child might have been; all the senses of comparison as readily ignored them. b)… …   Wiktionary

  • precisian — noun Date: 1571 1. a person who stresses or practices scrupulous adherence to a strict standard especially of religious observance or morality 2. puritan 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • precisian — precisianism, n. /pri sizh euhn/, n. 1. a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, esp. in matters of religion. 2. one of the English Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries. [1565 75; PRECISE + IAN] * * * …   Universalium

  • precisian — precision …   American English homophones

  • precisian — prɪ sɪʒn n. one who strictly abides by the law; one who strictly observes religious laws or rules …   English contemporary dictionary

  • precisian — [prɪ sɪʒ(ə)n] noun chiefly archaic a person who is rigidly precise or punctilious. Derivatives precisianism noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • precisian — n. Formalist, martinet, precisianist …   New dictionary of synonyms

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