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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1535
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Meticulus, -o(i)s, a. Also: -colois. [e.m.E. meticulous (a 1550), L. meticulōs-us f. metus fear.] Only in Stewart: Fearful, timid, squeamish. — 1535 Stewart 23613.
Dreid nocht … To fecht with thame ar so meticolois And full of dreid 1535 Ib. 39208.
Meticulus without strenuetie 1535 Ib. 40145.
Meticulos, and dar nocht se blude drawin 1535 Ib. 39778.
Meticulois 1535 Ib. 46213, 59787.
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