conscientious
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus.
Its English equivalent could possibly be analysed as conscient + -ous; More at conscience.
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Adjective[edit]
conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)
- Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance.
- He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
- Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).
- The advice of wise and conscientious people.
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Translations[edit]
thorough, careful, or vigilant
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influenced by conscience
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Further reading[edit]
- “conscientious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “conscientious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.