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precisians

precisians is the plural of precisian.

Meaning of precisian

Noun

precisian (plural precisians)

  1. A religious purist; a Puritan.
  2. Someone who strictly observes the rules; a pedant or stickler.
    • Her speech was hardly more grating upon him, precisian though he was, than the careless, untutored lapses of a child might have been; all the senses of comparison as readily ignored them.1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 47

Questions about precisians

What is precisians the plural of?
Precisians is the plural of precisian.

Words near precisians in the dictionary

  1. precisianism
  2. precisianisms
  3. precisianist
  4. precisianistic
  5. precisianists
  6. precisians
  7. precisification
  8. precisifications
  9. precisified
  10. precisifies
  11. precisify

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