| Precisian 1. (n.) One who limits, or restrains. 2. (n.) An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans. Thesaurus Entries Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, bluestocking, bourgeois, burgher, captious critic, compulsive character, conformer, conformist, conventionalist, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exact, exquisite, formalist, formalistic, goody good-good, goody-goody, methodical, methodologist, meticulous, middle-class type, mincing, model child, namby-pamby, nitpicker, orderly, organization man, overnice, overprecise, overrefined, parrot, pedant, pedantic, perfectionist, plastic person, precieuse, precieux, precious, precise, precisianist, precisianistic, precisionist, precisionistic, punctilious, purist, puristic, scrupulous, sheep, simpering, square, stickler, teenybopper, traditionalist, trimmer, yes-man |