punctilio
noun
a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
punctilios
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pluralof punctilio.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Communist party congresses are usu ally thoroughly predictable, ritualistic affairs, and for a time last week the Twelfth Congress of the Italian party in Bologna observed the punctilios.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suit is the word for the performance, so full was it of elaborate punctilios.
From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan
Sir Robert’s host was not the man to stand upon punctilios.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
One can easily imagine the contempt with which Maria, reared in the freedom of the Austrian court, would regard these punctilios.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
"He's right, you know; those things do tell," Crosstrees had said to me when I had attempted to be jocose about these punctilios.
From The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
