Definition for PUNC-TIL'IO

PUNC-TIL'IO, n. [Sp. puntilla; It. puntiglio; from L. punctum, a point.]

A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony. – Addison.

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