🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

minucioso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /mi.nu.siˈo.zu/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Minutiose/ˌmɪn.juːˈtiː.oʊ.zi/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele fez uma pesquisa minuciosa sobre o assunto."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by or showing extreme care and precision regarding minute details.

    "The historian conducted a minutiose examination of the manuscript."
  2. 2

    Finely detailed or meticulously exact in execution.

    "Her work on the restoration of the painting required minutiose accuracy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Italian 'minuzioso' and the Late Latin 'minutiosus', originating from the Latin 'minutus' (meaning minute or small). It entered the English lexicon in the 19th century as a borrowing, primarily preserved in scholarly or literary contexts to denote extreme attention to minute details.

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