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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for precisian:
1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Precisian \Pre*ci"sian\, n.
   1. One who limits, or restrains. [Obs.]
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   2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact
      in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly
      applied to the English Puritans.
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            The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the
            dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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