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Webster 1913 Edition


Precisianism

Pre-ci′sian-ism

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Noun.
The quality or state of being a precisian; the practice of a precisian.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Precisianism

PRECI'SIANISM

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Noun.
Excessive exactness; superstitious rigor.
[These two words are, I believe, little used, or not at all.]