PRECISIAN

Etymology

Noun

precisian (plural precisians)

A religious purist; a Puritan.

Someone who strictly observes the rules; a pedant or stickler.

Anagrams

• periscian

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*ci"sian, n.

1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.]

2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans. The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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