puncˈtiliousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or character of being punctilious; scrupulous attentiveness to small points of conduct.
| 1685 Gracian's Courtiers Orac. 168 Punctiliousness is tiresome. There are whole Nations sick of that Nicety. 1838 Miss Maitland Lett. fr. Madras xxi. (1843) 218 He is a good man, but gives great offence by his punctiliousness about minor matters. 1882 Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. ii. vi. 252 They had their periods of outward repentance and ceremonial punctiliousness. |