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Punctilious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Punctilious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

marked by precise accordance with details

"meticulous research"

"punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

2

Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.

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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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