METICULOUS
ADJECTIVES
► ANAL RETENTIVE excessively meticulous and rigid about minor things → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PERNICKETTY ► PERNICKETY ► PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable → 1834 Amer. dial.
► PERSNICKERTY ► PERSNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise → 1956 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► SALLY a person who is meticulous to an absurd, near-certifiable degree → 1980s US students’ sl.
VERBS
► DOT ONE’S I’S AND CROSS ONE’S T’S to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail
► KEEP ONE’S CORNERS UP to be meticulous about one’s work; to attend to the less important tasks → 1903 Amer. dial.
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