Meanings
formalovercautious, scrupulous (anxiously concerned with avoiding mistakes; full of scruples and reservations)
Dambach warnt davor, so ausgiebig, verwickelt und skrupulös zu beichten, daß der Beichtvater dessen überdrüssig oder selber skrupulös wird.Dambach warns against confessing so extensively, convolutedly, and scrupulously that the confessor grows weary of it or becomes scrupulous himself.
formalfastidious, meticulous (overly precise, pedantically correct)