Definition of Punctilios

1. Noun. (plural of punctilio) ¹

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Definition of Punctilios

1. punctilio [n] - See also: punctilio

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctilios

punchup
punchwork
punchy
puncing
puncta
punctae
punctate
punctated
punctation
punctations
punctator
punctators
puncticular
punctiform
punctilio
punctilios
punctiliously
punctiliousness
punction
punctions
punctist
punctists
puncto
punctos
punctual
punctualist
punctualists
punctualities
punctuality

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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