meticulous的词源

英文词源

meticulous (adj.)

1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticulosity.

中文词源

meticulous：小心翼翼的

来自拉丁语metus,恐惧，害怕，忧虑。即充满恐惧的，后引申词义谨慎的，小心翼翼的。

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