meticulous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

METIC'ULOUS, adjective [Latin Feticulosus.] Timid. [ Not used.] METON'IC CYCLE METON'IC YEAR, the cycle of the moon, or period of nineteen years, in which the lunations of the moon return to the same days of the month; so called from its discoverer Meton the Athenian.
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