different between squeamish vs punctilious
squeamish
English
Alternative forms
- sweamish, swaimish (dialectal)
- squeimish, squemish, squeamous (obsolete)
Etymology
Unclear origin. One hypothesis states it is an alteration of earlier squeamous, substituting -ous with -ish, from Anglo-Norman escoymous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?skwi?m??/
Adjective
squeamish (comparative more squeamish, superlative most squeamish)
- Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.
- He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish at the sight of blood.
- Averse or reluctant.
Translations
External links
- Discussion of the unclear etymology of squeamish
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punctilious
English
Etymology
From punctilio (“fine point in exactness of conduct”) +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??k?t?li.?s/
Adjective
punctilious (comparative more punctilious, superlative most punctilious)
- Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous
- Precise or scrupulous; finicky or nitpicky.
- Synonyms: finicky, nitpicky, precise; see also Thesaurus:meticulous
- 2009, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Eleni Gregoromichelaki, Semantics: an introduction to meaning in language
Derived terms
- punctiliously
- punctiliousness
Related terms
- point
- punctuate
- punctual
- punctuality
- punctuation
Translations
Further reading
- punctilious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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