meticuleus

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”).

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /me.ti.kyˈløs/
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /me.ti.kyˈløʏ̯s/

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Adjective

meticuleus (comparative meticuleuzer, superlative meest meticuleus or meticuleust)

1. meticulous

Declension

Declension of meticuleus
uninflected	meticuleus
inflected	meticuleuze
comparative	meticuleuzer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		meticuleus	meticuleuzer	het meticuleust het meticuleuste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	meticuleuze	meticuleuzere	meticuleuste
	n. sing.	meticuleus	meticuleuzer	meticuleuste
	plural	meticuleuze	meticuleuzere	meticuleuste
definite		meticuleuze	meticuleuzere	meticuleuste
partitive		meticuleus	meticuleuzers	—

Synonyms

• nauwkeurig, angstvallig, pietepeuterig