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fastidious, a.|fæˈstɪdɪəs|
[ad. L. fastīdiōs-us, f. fastīdium loathing: see -ous. Cf. Fr. fastidieux.]
†1. That creates disgust; disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, wearisome. Obs.
1531Elyot Gov. i. ix, That thinge for the whiche children be often tymes beaten is to them..fastidious. 1582J. Hester Secr. Phiorav. ii. xxiii. 102 A fastidious Ulcer. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 193 A fastidious and irksome companion. a1677Barrow Serm. Wisdom in Beauties of B. (1846) 9 Folly is..fastidious to society. a1734North Lives II. 399 His partner, whose usage was..fastidious to him.
†2.
a. That feels or is full of disgust; disgusted.
1534More On the Passion Wks. 1312/1 Hee hadde of theym so muche, that he was full thereof, fastidious and wery. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 81 All desire of Change and Novelty, argues a Fastidious Satiety.
†b. Full of pride; disdainful; scornful. Obs.
c1440Foundation Barts Hosp. (E.E.T.S.) 15 A lamentable querell, expressynge..whate fastidious owtbrekyngys hadde temptid hym. 1623–6Cockeram, Fastidious, disdainfull, proud. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1638) 189 Regardlesse of the rodomantadoes of the fastidious Pagan. 1631B. Jonson New Inn, Ode 7 Their fastidious vaine Commission of the braine. 1744Young Night Thoughts vi. 551 Proud youth! fastidious of the lower world. 1791Boswell Johnson (1816) II. 277 (an. 1773) We see the Rambler with fastidious smile Mark the lone tree. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xxii. (1813) 447 Those who have much practical skill..slight what is written upon subjects of their profession, which is a fastidious temper.
†c. transf. Of things: ‘Proud’, magnificent.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. 62 One of them [Courts] fastidious in foure hundred porphirian pillars. Ibid. 102 Temples of Idolatry..once lofty in fastidious Turrets.
3. Easily disgusted, squeamish, over-nice; difficult to please with regard to matters of taste or propriety.
1612–5Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xix. x, A fastidious choice of the best commodities. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 77, I hold him prudent, that in these fastidious times, will helpe disedged appetites with convenient condiments. 1691Ray Creation Pref. (1704) 7 Fastidious Readers. 1784Cowper Task i. 513 The weary sight, Too well acquainted with their smiles, slides off Fastidious. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 266 People whom the habit of seeing magnificent buildings..had made fastidious. 1853Trench Proverbs 3 A fastidious age..and one of false refinement. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xvii. 342 Though being far from fastidious, refused to eat it. 1877Black Green Past. xlii. (1878) 338 The society..was not at all fastidious in its language. |