Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

punctilious

 

very attentive to details

 

Without dedicated, punctilious lab assistants, the pet project of many a scientist would have failed.

 

Related English words: punctilio (detail, fine point), punctiliousness

 

Latin root words: punctum, puncti, n. - a prick; a small puncture; a small point; pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctus - to prink, puncture 

 

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