'Precisian' definitions:
Definition of 'Precisian'
From: GCIDE
- Precisian \Pre*ci"sian\, n.
- 1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans. [1913 Webster]
- The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'precisian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anal character,
- Babbitt,
- bluestocking,
- bourgeois,
- burgher,
- captious critic,
- compulsive character,
- conformer,
- conformist,
- conventionalist,
- elegant,
- euphemistic,
- euphuistic,
- exact,
- exquisite,
- formalist,
- formalistic,
- goody good-good,
- goody-goody,
- methodical,
- methodologist,
- meticulous,
- Middle American,
- middle-class type,
- mincing,
- model child,
- namby-pamby,
- nitpicker,
- orderly,
- organization man,
- overnice,
- overprecise,
- overrefined,
- parrot,
- pedant,
- pedantic,
- perfectionist,
- Philistine,
- plastic person,
- precieuse,
- precieux,
- precious,
- precise,
- precisianist,
- precisianistic,
- precisionist,
- precisionistic,
- punctilious,
- purist,
- puristic,
- scrupulous,
- sheep,
- simpering,
- square,
- stickler,
- teenybopper,
- traditionalist,
- trimmer,
- yes-man