minutiose

adjective

mi·​nu·​ti·​ose

-shēˌōs

variants or minutious

-shēəs

: attentive to or dealing with minutiae

precision of minutiose observation

—J. A. Thomson

minutiose and troublesome attentions

—Metropolis

Word History

Etymology

minutiose alteration (influenced by -ose) of minutious, from French minutieux, from minutie minutia (from Latin minutia) + -eux -ous

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