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   Me·tic·u·lous

   /məˈtikyələs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise: "he had always been so meticulous about his appearance"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘fearful or timid’): from Latin meticulosus, from metus ‘fear’. The word came to mean ‘overcareful about detail’, hence the current sense (early 19th century).

   Derivatives

   • 1. meticulousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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