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单词 punctilio
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punctilion.adj.

Brit. /ˌpʌŋ(k)ˈtɪlɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpəŋ(k)ˈtɪlioʊ/
Inflections: Plural punctilios, (rare) punctilioes.
Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s puntilio, 1600s puntiglio, 1600s puntillio, 1600s puntillo, 1600s puntylio. 1596 J. Harington Anat. Metamorph. Aiax Prol. sig. B5 Standing vpon the puntilio of honour, hauing beene chalenged.1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 61 (note) For my pretty tooth-picker, the Criticke Lawyer, who stands on the puntylio of his honour, I am by Martialls meanes prouided of armour.1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 290 Animosityes, reuenges, quarrels, puntilloes.1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 104 With reason, conscience, honour, policy, or puntilios.1666 W. Temple Let. to Sir W. Godolphin 1 Apr. in Wks. (1757) I. 257 To lay by the puntiglio.

β. 1600s punctiglio, 1600s punctilo, 1600s–1700s punctillio, 1600s–1700s punctillo, 1600s– punctilio. 1600 R. Cecil Let. 2 Aug. in Lett. R. Cecil to G. Carew (1864) 12 I will not deny but that the pride of the Spaniards is such as nothing is so deare vnto them as punctilios.1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 614 Where are now your quicke & thicke punctilioes & easie hell that you so plea withall?1626 J. Pory Let. 11 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 245 The Bishop stood upon his punctilios.1630 Earl of Strafford in Slingsby Diary (1836) 324 Concerning that Punctillo.1642 King Charles I Conc. Treaty at Oxford in Wks. (1662) II. 257 If every Punctilio must be forced to be sent forwards and backwards a hundred miles.a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 207 As for the little cavills and punctiglios, concerning the receiving of Giovanni Joakim and the like.1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 81 [To] descend..from their punctilioes.1666 W. Temple Let. to Sir W. Godolphin 1 Apr. in Wks. (1757) I. 257 To lay by the puntiglio.1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. 181 Tim'd according to the nice Punctillo's of nicking the Opportunity.1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) III. xxxviii. 28 The noble Lord talks of Spanish punctillios.1854 A. F. Tytler Universal Hist. iii. 163 All articles were agreed upon, when a small punctilio exasperated the Thebans.1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 141/1 Dirty Harry hates..all the little, stupid legal punctilios that allow criminals to run rampant.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Italian puntiglio; Spanish puntillo.
Etymology: < Italian puntiglio trifling point (1551; now obsolete), minute detail of action or conduct, nicety of behaviour, point of honour (a1556), stubborn insistence upon minutiae of action or conduct (a1556), cavil, quibble, sophistry (a1580) and its etymon Spanish puntillo dot (a1435), minute detail of action or conduct, nicety of behaviour, point of honour (1545) < punto point n.1 + -illo , diminutive suffix (compare -illa suffix). Compare later pointille n.1, punctille n.Forms in punct- are after classical Latin punctum.
A. n.
1.
a. A minute detail of action or conduct; a nicety of behaviour, ceremony, or honour; a small or petty formality. Also: a hair-splitting or fastidious objection; a scruple.to stand upon punctilios and variants: to have particular regard for niceties of conduct, etc.; to be punctilious (cf. to stand upon points at point n.1 Phrases 3h) (obsolete).In quot. 1596 with reference to language.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > point of honour > detailed
punto1584
punctilio1596
punctille1610
punctuality1621
punkettoa1625
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum > a detail of
punto1584
punctilio1596
punctille1610
punctuality1621
punkettoa1625
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. M2v But now he..quite renounst his naturall English accents & gestures, & wrested himselfe wholy to the Italian puntilios, speaking our homely Iland tongue strangely.
1600 R. Cecil Let. 2 Aug. in Lett. R. Cecil to G. Carew (1864) 12 I will not deny but that the pride of the Spaniards is such as nothing is so deare vnto them as punctilios.
1626 J. Pory Let. 11 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 245 The Bishop stood upon his punctilios.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 50 He professes a mortal Hatred to Ceremonies, and yet has more Punctilios than a Jew.
1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman xxxvii. 197 He must be a very polite Man, and skilled in all the Punctilio's of City-good-breeding.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 12 To trifle with me at such a juncture as this—now to stand on punctilios.
1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) ii. 17 He [sc. Laud] was ready to visit the omission of the most trifling ecclesiastical punctilios with relentless severity.
1855 H. Melville Israel Potter xxii. 246 He stood upon no punctilios with his jailers.
1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen III. viii. 131 Marg'ret..moved about, observing many punctilios, with a tremor of emotion which was not altogether painful.
1932 New Eng. Q. 5 738 The next series of interesting incidents in the career of Phips and his crew at Boston concerned a certain punctilio of the sea.
1961 Shakespeare Q. 12 104 For a softspoken phrase he can have all Rome at his feet—he withholds that phrase, sacrificing advancement to a punctilio.
1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 141/1 Dirty Harry hates..all the little, stupid legal punctilios that allow criminals to run rampant.
b. A small or trifling point, detail, or particular; a particle, jot. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial
gnatc1000
ball play?c1225
smalla1250
triflec1290
fly1297
child's gamec1380
motec1390
mitec1400
child's playc1405
trufferyc1429
toyc1450
curiosity1474
fly-winga1500
neither mass nor matins1528
boys' play1538
nugament1543
knack?1544
fable1552
nincety-fincety1566
mouse1584
molehill1590
coot1594
scoff1594
nidgery1611
pin matter1611
triviality1611
minuity1612
feathera1616
fillip1621
rattle1622
fiddlesticka1625
apex1625
rush candle1628
punctilio1631
rushlight1635
notchet1637
peppercorn1638
petty John1640
emptiness1646
fool-fangle1647
nonny-no1652
crepundian1655
fly-biting1659
pushpin1660
whinny-whanny1673
whiffle1680
straw1692
two and a plack1692
fiddle1695
trivial1715
barley-strawa1721
nothingism1742
curse1763
nihility1765
minutia1782
bee's knee1797
minutiae1797
niff-naff1808
playwork1824
floccinaucity1829
trivialism1830
chicken feed1834
nonsensical1842
meemaw1862
infinitesimality1867
pinfall1868
fidfad1875
flummadiddle1882
quantité négligeable1885
quotidian1902
pipsqueak1905
hickey1909
piddle1910
cream puff1920
squat1934
administrivia1937
chickenshit1938
cream puff1938
diddly-squat1963
non-issue1965
Tinkertoy1972
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular > minute
minutea1450
quidlibet1611
punto1623
punctilio1631
nicety1649
punctuality1661
minutiae1797
1631 T. Heywood Englands Elizabeth 63 Not the least punctilio of any State affaires past beyond his obseruation.
1642 King Charles I Conc. Treaty at Oxford in Wks. (1662) II. 257 If every Punctilio must be forced to be sent forwards and backwards a hundred miles.
1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 92 There is yet one little Punctilio, which I must aquaint you with, before I leave these 4 Notes.
1706 Sc. Rogue ii. 5 Having declared my self ready to..become their humble Servant in the least Punctilio.
1777 R. De Courcy Rejoinder iii. 130 Nor would we, in the smallest Punctilio, wish to deviate from any express institution of our common Legislator.
1815 J. Adams Wks. (1856) X. 131 We have never..lost any one punctilio of those rights or liberties.
1854 A. F. Tytler Universal Hist. iii. 163 All articles were agreed upon, when a small punctilio exasperated the Thebans.
c. A precise point or fact. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > truth known by observation, fact > precise
punctilio1654
1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica ii. 76 By their doctrin al depends on the peremptory punctilio of Gods..Decree.
1683 F. Hodelston in London Gaz. No. 1860/5 Treasonable Practices to a Punctillio of Rebellion, contriving the Murder of Your Person.
2.
a. As a mass noun: strict observance of or insistence upon minutiae of action or conduct; petty formality; punctiliousness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum
formc1405
galancie1581
ceremoniousness1583
punctilio1596
formality1599
ceremony1603
punctuality1618
punctillea1648
complementalness1657
formalness1684
punctiliousness1685
nicety1693
ceremonial1749
square-toedness1846
punctiliosity1859
uptightness1969
1596 J. Harington Anat. Metamorph. Aiax Prol. sig. B5 Standing vpon the puntilio of honour, hauing beene chalenged.
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 61 (note) For my pretty tooth-picker, the Criticke Lawyer, who stands on the puntylio of his honour, I am by Martialls meanes prouided of armour.
1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle i. 8 My Lord was as unmannerly a Fellow as I ever saw... He a Noble Man, and punctilio no better.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 36. ⁋2 [She] takes the Whole of this Life to consist in understanding Punctilio and Decorum.
1713 Guardian No. 137 (1726) II. 201 My Lord Froth has been so Educated in Punctilio, that he governs himself by a Ceremonial in all the ordinary Occurrences of Life.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxvi. 244 People of birth stood a little too much upon punctilio.
1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iv. 309 The preliminaries [of the marriage] had been conducted with proper punctilio.
1897 H. James Spoils of Poynton vi. 68 He wasn't doing anything so vulgar as to make love to her; but there was a kind of punctilio for a man who was engaged.
1943 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 22 All the matchless punctilio of an iron discipline coloured his daily round.
1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iv. 171 These noodly motifs the French had brought, along with military science, the metric system, and punctilio.
2000 R. Sterling World Food: Spain 215 You are free to have anything you wish and in whatever order. There is no overweening sense of culinary punctilio.
b. Probably: a punctilious person. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 47 A Male-content standing upon his worth like some of our high Puntilios scorned to sort himselfe with any of his ranke.
3. A sharp point; (also) a point marked on a sundial. Obsolete. rare.In quots. with punning reference to sense A. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > dial or markings on dial
tablea1400
dial1440
watch1588
punctilio1596
dial platea1652
recliner1652
dial piece1658
face1659
horary circle1664
night dial1670
horizontal dial1674
hour-stroke1674
hour-plate1690
clock face1764
niche1822
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > [noun] > dot
prickOE
punctilio1596
prick-mark1701
pop1718
1596 Vlysses vpon Aiax sig. Cvv He shall finde the Puntilio of his honour blunted.
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eiiiv To the perfection of Complement (which is the dyall of the thought..) are requir'd these three Projects: the Gnomon, the Puntilio's, and the Superficies: the Superficies, is that we call Place; the Puntilio's, Circumstance; and the Gnomon, Ceremonie.
4. The highest point, the apex (literal and figurative); a high projecting point or tip. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1650: a high detail on a building (perhaps influenced by sense A. 1b).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > highest point or top > pointed
pin?a1475
apex1590
punctilio1601
cone1611
cuspis1646
cusp1647
peak1785
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point
prickOE
heighta1050
full1340
higha1398
pointc1400
roofa1500
top-castle1548
ruff1549
acmea1568
tip1567
noontide1578
high tide1579
superlative1583
summity1588
spring tide1593
meridian1594
period1595
apogee1600
punctilio1601
high-water mark1602
noon1609
zenith1610
auge1611
apex1624
culmination1633
cumble1640
culmen1646
climax1647
topc1650
cumulus1659
summit1661
perigeum1670
highest1688
consummation1698
stretch1741
high point1787
perihelion1804
summary1831
comble1832
heading up1857
climacteric1870
flashpoint1878
tip-end1885
peak1902
noontime1903
Omega point1981
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. iii. sig. D3v He that is yet in..his Course..& hath not toucht the Puntillio or point of hopes. View more context for this quotation
1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 1 A three-fold Knowledge of Religion..of Pinacles or Punctilio's, high and curious points in the building.
5. A moment, an instant. Only in punctilio of time. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant
hand-whileOE
prinkOE
start-while?c1225
twinkling1303
rese?c1335
prick1340
momenta1382
pointa1382
minutea1393
instant1398
braida1400
siquarea1400
twink14..
whip?c1450
movement1490
punct1513
pissing whilea1556
trice1579
turning of a hand1579
wink1585
twinklec1592
semiquaver1602
punto1616
punctilio of time1620
punctum1620
breathing1625
instance1631
tantillation1651
rapc1700
crack1725
turning of a straw1755
pig's whisper1780
jiffy1785
less than no time1788
jiff1797
blinka1813
gliffy1820
handclap1822
glimpsea1824
eyewink1836
thought1836
eye-blink1838
semibreve1845
pop1847
two shakes of a lamb's taila1855
pig's whistle1859
time point1867
New York minute1870
tick1879
mo?1896
second1897
styme1897
split-second1912
split minute1931
no-time1942
sec.1956
1620 Bp. J. King Serm. 24 Mar. 23 Let no man..tye him to canonicall houres, atomes, and puntilio's of time, tempus, tempus, statutum tempus.
1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont in W. James Varieties Relig. Experience (1902) xx. 497 It was then discovered that the porter had expired, near about the same punctilio of time.
1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 235 To leave the pointing out of this punctilio of time to God only.
1743 W. Crawford Zion's Traveller (ed. 2) lv. 114 What's thy short Punctilio of Time, to an endless Duration?
1794 T. Harwood Serm. iii. 39 In that punctilio of time, in which they should be mindful of reconciling their souls to the Almighty.
B. adj. (attributive).
Trifling, petty. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small or trifling in amount or degree
eathlyc890
littleOE
slender1530
foolish1533
triflinga1538
paltry1565
puny?1594
mean1599
minikin1617
unconsiderable1643
inconsiderable1648
punctilio1660
sneaking1703
insignificant1748
flimsy1756
peppercornish1762
peppercorn1791
microscopic1798
pindling1861
midget1879
diddly1893
scroddyc1909
chickenshit1934
1660 J. Milton Notes Serm. M. Griffith sig. B2 Should they who were left sitting, break up, or not dare enact aught..for the punctilio wanting of a full number?
1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend v. i The injury's too great for a punctilio satisfaction.

Compounds

General attributive and objective.
ΚΠ
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. v. 16 Yet say I not this for punctilio-sake.
1761 C. Churchill Rosciad 15 The nice punctilio-mongers of this age, The grand minute reformers of the stage.

Derivatives

punctilionist n. Obsolete a punctilious person.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 200/1 A compliance..which we could wish to see more frequent with other punctilionists of the drama.
punctilioship n. Obsolete observance of niceties, punctiliousness.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1714 J. Savage tr. B. Gracián y Morales Art Prudence (ed. 3) 183 Punctilioship is tiresome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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