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Definition of Punctilios
1. punctilio [n] - See also: punctilio
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctilios
Literary usage of Punctilios
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1815)
"... punctilios No, I'll send him a letter apart; so 0. Wild. And these country
gentlemen are full of give me his direction. y. Wild. You have it, sir. ..."
2. The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon: In which is Included a Continuation by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1827)
"... command they for- " merly had," now disputed all the punctilios, and would
not receive orders from any who had been formerly in inferior offices". ..."
3. Essays of Joseph Addison by Joseph Addison, John Richard Green (1903)
"... of punctilios. The proceedings of the Court of Honour, held in Sheer Lane, on
Monday, the 2oth of November, 1710, before Isaac Bickerstaffe, Esq., ..."
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