Scrupulous
"In this case, as opposed to the scrupulous method of plain good taste and scientific grooming, the trick had been worked by exaggerating defects; she'd made them ornamental by admitting them boldly."
Capote, Truman. Breakfast
at Tiffany's and three stories. 2nd Vintage International ed. New York:
Vintage Books, 2012. Print.
Definition*:
1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact.
*All definition are from the source found in THIS post.
Second Source:
"A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he write, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: What am I trying to say? What words will express it? What image or idiom will make it clearer? Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?"
"George
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946." George
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946. N.p., n.d.
Web. 5 Jan. 2014. <https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm>.
Commentary:
Scrupulous made me think of the word delicious. So originally, I thought it's meaning was related to taste. In the original source, the word scrupulous is used to describe a principled method of good taste that in the case of Mags Wildwood, disregarded and behaved with obvious flaws, which proved to be beneficial to her character.
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