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Fastidious

Fastidious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fastidious? [adj] giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" [adj] (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fastidious: choosey \| choosy \| dainty \| exacting \| finical \| finicky \| fussy \| meticulous \| nice \| old-maidish \| old-womanish \| overnice \| particular \| pernickety \| persnickety \| picky \| prissy \| squeamish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fastidious: accurate \| appreciative \| bleached \| bright \| careful \| censorious \| choicy \| choosy \| civilized \| clean \| cleanly \| conscientious \| critical \| cultivated \| cultured \| dainty \| delicate \| differential \| difficult \| dirt-free \| discriminate \| discriminating \| discriminative \| distinctive \| distinguishing \| elegant \| exact \| exacting \| fair \| fine \| finical \| finicky \| fresh \| fussy \| graceful \| gracile \| gracious \| hypercritical \| immaculate \| kosher \| meticulous \| nice \| nit-picking \| nonpolluted \| of cleanly habits \| overconscientious \| overscrupulous \| particular \| perfectionistic \| picky \| polished \| precise \| precisianistic \| priggish \| prudish \| punctilious \| punctual \| pure \| puristic \| puritanic \| refined \| religious \| ritually pure \| scrupulous \| selective \| sensitive \| shiny \| smut-free \| smutless \| sophisticated \| spotless \| squeamish \| stainless \| strict \| subtle \| sweet \| tactful \| tahar \| tender-conscienced \| tubbed \| unadulterated \| unbesmirched \| unblemished \| unblotted \| undefiled \| unmuddied \| unpolluted \| unsmirched \| unsmudged \| unsoiled \| unspotted \| unstained \| unsullied \| untainted \| untarnished \| well-scrubbed \| well-washed \| white \| whitened See Also \| refined \| tidy Fastidious In Webster's Dictionary \Fastid"ious\, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. {Tedious}, {Fash}.] Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young. Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. Usage: {Fastidious}, {Squeamish}. We call a person fastidious when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. ``Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.'' --Crabb. -- {Fastid"iously}, adv. -- {Fastid"iousness}, n.

Fastidious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fastidious?

[adj] giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
[adj] (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

See Also | refined | tidy

Fastidious In Webster's Dictionary

\Fas*tid"i*ous\, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr.
fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of
uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. {Tedious}, {Fash}.]
Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a
fastidious appetite.

      Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young.

Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.


Usage: {Fastidious}, {Squeamish}. We call a person fastidious
       when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling
       defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is
       excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also
       when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty.
       ``Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to
       be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and
       scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.'' --Crabb. --
       {Fas*tid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fas*tid"i*ous*ness}, n.

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