Precisian
//pɹɪˈsɪ.ʒən// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A religious purist; a Puritan.
- 2 Someone who strictly observes the rules; a pedant or stickler.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From precise + -ian.
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