precisian Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pre*ci"sian noun

Definitions

1. One who limits, or restrains. Obs.
2. An overprecise person; one rigidly or ceremoniously exact in the observance of rules; a formalist; -- formerly applied to the English Puritans.

   The most dissolute cavaliers stood aghast at the dissoluteness of the emancipated precisian. Macaulay.