exactitude

== English == === Etymology === From French exactitude, from exact, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/ === Noun === exactitude (countable and uncountable, plural exactitudes) Attention to small details; accuracy. Synonym: exactness Antonym: inexactitude ==== Related terms ==== exact ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exactitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “exactitude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === From exact +‎ -itude. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zak.ti.tyd/ Rhymes: -yd Homophone: exactitudes === Noun === exactitude f (plural exactitudes) exactitude, accuracy ==== Descendants ==== → English: exactitude === Further reading === “exactitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012