precisian [
pri'siʒәn]
n. 严谨的人, 呆板的人
Precisian \Pre*ci"sian\, n.
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.