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Meaning of precisian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/pɹɪˈsɪ.ʒən/

Definitions

  1. A religious purist; a Puritan.
  2. Someone who strictly observes the rules; a pedant or stickler.

Examples

“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.”
““A sister of mine will be there,” explained the one, knowing the Duke to be a precisian.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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