Associations to the word «Meticulous»

Wiktionary

METICULOUS, adjective. (archaic) Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
METICULOUS, adjective. Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

Dictionary definition

METICULOUS, adjective. Marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette".
METICULOUS, adjective. Marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats