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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Punctilio \Punc*til"io\ (p[ucr][nsm]k*t[icr]l"y[osl]), n.; pl. {Punctilios} (-y[omac]z). [It. puntiglio, or Sp. puntillo, dim. fr. L. punctum point. See {Point}, n.] A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony. They will not part with the least punctilio in their opinions and practices. --Fuller. | |
