Precisian

  • 71martinet — n. Precisian, formalist, strict or severe disciplinarian …

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  • 72pedant — n 1. intellectual, pedagogue, Inf. know it all; bibliophile, bookworm, scholar, highbrow, Inf. egghead, Inf. walking encyclopedia; aesthete, Inf. longhair, bluestocking; platitudinizer, Inf. bromide, bore, stuffed shirt; attitudinarian,… …

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  • 73philistine — n 1. middlebrow, Inf. lowbrow, Boeotian, conventionalist, conformist; bourgeois, materialist, capitalist; traditionalist, formalist, precisian; boor, lout, Goth, barbarian, yahoo. adj 2.Inf. lowbrow, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined, rude;… …

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  • 74puritan — n pietist, zealot, religionist, fanatic; formalist, precisian, dogmatist; moralist, prude, blue nose, stuffed shirt, pharisee, tartuffe …

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  • 75pedant —   n. person making display of his or her learning; learned person paying excessive attention to details; precisian.    ♦ pedantic, a.    ♦ pedanticism,    ♦ pedantry, n …

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  • 76precisianist — preciˈsianist noun A precisian • • • Main Entry: ↑precise * * * precisianist see precisionist n …

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  • 77pre|ci|sian|ism — «prih SIHZH uh nihz uhm», noun. 1. the quality or state of being a precisian. 2. the doctrine or conduct of precisians …

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  • 78pre|ci|sian — «prih SIHZH uhn», noun. 1. a person who is rigidly precise in the observance of rules or forms: »A profane person calls a man of piety a precisian (Isaac Watts). 2. a person who is precise in religious observance, such as an English Puritan of… …

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