This adjective arises from 16 Century Latin. Its genesis is found in 'meticulosus' (meaning fearful) from the original word-stem 'metus' (fear).
What's interesting about 'meticulous', is that its history shows meanings change as words are integrated in different language.
This practice is hot unusual. Word usage changes as new words enter a language and continue to develop within past and current contexts.
In its current contexts 'meticulous' means very precise about details, even trivial ones; thus 'meticulous' can carry negative as well as a positive implications.
The implications are given to us in the meaning of the sentence as well as the tonal quality of the delivery. Our successful understanding of the intention of the speaker relies on close attention and focused listening to tonal changes!
Here is yet another example of 'what you say' and 'how you say it' working in partnership with each other.
What's interesting about 'meticulous', is that its history shows meanings change as words are integrated in different language.
This practice is hot unusual. Word usage changes as new words enter a language and continue to develop within past and current contexts.
In its current contexts 'meticulous' means very precise about details, even trivial ones; thus 'meticulous' can carry negative as well as a positive implications.
The implications are given to us in the meaning of the sentence as well as the tonal quality of the delivery. Our successful understanding of the intention of the speaker relies on close attention and focused listening to tonal changes!
Here is yet another example of 'what you say' and 'how you say it' working in partnership with each other.
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