detailist adjective 2noun 2forms 3 adjective2 •Detail-orientedThe lawyer-like regulatory systems exhibit qualities and flaws not unknown in the parent profession. They are moral and preachy, careful and slow, professional and inbred, studious and detailist. — 1969 •Highly detailed.What can be said, though, is that it contains more unplotted detail than its predecessors. It is more vulgar—more detailist—than any prior realism. — 2006 noun2 •A person who is detail-oriented; One who focuses on detail.In cost department work ability as a detailist is exceptionally desirable in the work of making entries. — 1915 •An artist who produces highly detailed work.The detailist fills his canvas with work and interest; the full-souled painter concentrates his detail upon a few salient points. — 1890 formsdetailists · more detailist · most detailist