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precisian

N คนเจ้าระเบียบ คน เคร่ง

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRECISIAN

n.s as z. One that limits or restrains. 1. One who is rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules.

PRECISIANISM

n.Excessive exactness; superstitious rigor. [These two words are, I believe, little used, or not at all. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRECISIAN

PRECISIAN Pre *ci "sian, n.

1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs. ]

2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans. The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian. Macaulay.

PRECISIANISM

PRECISIANISM Pre *ci "sian *ism, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a precisian. Milton.

PRECISIANIST

PRECISIANIST Pre *ci "sian *ist, n.

Defn: A precisian.

New American Oxford Dictionary

precisian

pre ci sian |priˈsiZHən priˈsɪʒən | ▶noun chiefly archaic a person who is rigidly precise or punctilious, esp. as regards religious rules. DERIVATIVES pre ci sian ism |-ˌizəm |noun

Oxford Dictionary

precisian

precisian |prɪˈsɪʒ (ə )n | ▶noun chiefly archaic a person who is rigidly precise or punctilious, especially as regards religious rules. DERIVATIVES precisianism noun