PRECISIAN


Meaning of PRECISIAN in English

— precisianism , n.

/pri sizh"euhn/ , n.

1. a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, esp. in matters of religion.

2. one of the English Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries.

[ 1565-75; PRECISE + -IAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .