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puncticular

puncticular adjective: comprised in, or like, a point; exact.

Adjective

puncticular (comparative more puncticular, superlative most puncticular)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Comprised in, or like, a point; exact.
    • He that vvould diſcern the rudimentall ſtroak of a plant, may behold it in the Originall of Duckvveed, at the bigneſſe of a pins point, from convenient vvater in glaſſes, vvherein a vvatchfull eye may alſo diſcover the puncticular Originals of Perivvincles and Gnats.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 137

Forms of puncticular

comparativemore puncticular
superlativemost puncticular

Questions about puncticular

What does puncticular mean?
Puncticular means comprised in, or like, a point; exact.
What part of speech is puncticular?
Puncticular is an adjective.

Words near puncticular in the dictionary

  1. punctation
  2. punctations
  3. punctator
  4. punctators
  5. punctatostriate
  6. puncticular
  7. puncticulate
  8. punctid
  9. punctids
  10. punctiform
  11. punctiformly

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