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adjective excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
Origin of fastidious 1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, equivalent to fastīdi (um ) lack of appetite, disgust, perhaps by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, combining form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium combining form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous
synonym study for fastidious 1 . See particular.
OTHER WORDS FROM fastidious fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun non·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective non·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb non·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun un·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective un·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb un·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
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Words nearby fastidious fast follower, fast food, fast-fooder, fast forward, fast ice, fastidious , fastie, fastigiate, fastigium, fast lane, fast motion
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Fortunately there was no grossness, no clownishness of behavior, which would have irreparably offended his fastidious taste.
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British Dictionary definitions for fastidious adjective very critical; hard to please
excessively particular about details
exceedingly delicate; easily disgusted
Derived forms of fastidious fastidiously , adverb fastidiousness , noun Word Origin for fastidious C15: from Latin fastīdiōsus scornful, from fastīdium loathing, from fastus pride + taedium weariness
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Words related to fastidious choosy, discriminating, squeamish, exacting, finicky, fussy, captious, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, hypercritical, nice, particular, persnickety, picky, punctilious, queasy, finical, fussbudgety
Medical definitions for fastidious adj. Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
Difficult to please; exacting.
Having complex nutritional requirements. Used of microorganisms.
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