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fastidiousness
fas·tid·i·ous F0047600 (fă-stĭd′ē-əs, fə-)adj.1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail: a fastidious scholar; fastidious research.2. Difficult to please; exacting: "The club is also becoming far more fastidious about what constitutes a breed standard" (Janet Burroway).3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness: "He was a fastidious man who hated to dirty his hands, in particular with food" (Michael Chabon). See Synonyms at meticulous.4. Microbiology Having complex nutritional requirements.
[Middle English, squeamish, particular, haughty, from Old French fastidieux, from Latin fastīdiōsus, from fastīdium, squeamishness, haughtiness, probably from fastus, disdain.]
fas·tid′i·ous·ly adv.fas·tid′i·ous·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | fastidiousness - the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style; "neatness and fastidiousness of dress"cleanliness - diligence in keeping cleansqueamishness - the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked; "the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers"; "he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty" |
fastidiousnessnounAttentiveness to detail:care, carefulness, meticulousness, pain (used in plural), painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness.Translationsfastidious (fəˈstidiəs) , ((American) fa-) adjective very critical and difficult to please. She is so fastidious about her food that she will not eat in a restaurant. 愛挑剔的，難取悅的 爱挑剔的，难取悦的 faˈstidiously adverb 愛挑剔 爱挑剔faˈstidiousness noun 愛挑剔 爱挑剔Fastidiousness
FastidiousnessSee also Punctuality.Fogg, Phileasentire life tuned to precise schedule. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days]Linkinwater, Timhandles minutest details with order and precision. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]Morristhe cat finicky eater; eats only “9-Lives.” [TV: Wallechinsky, 129]Steva Jenufa’snew scar cools his adulterous ardor. [Czech Opera: Janacek, Jenufa, Westerman, 407]Unger, Felixfor him, godliness is next to cleanliness. [Am. Lit.: The Odd Couple; Am. Cinema: The Odd Couple; TV: “The Odd Couple” in Terrace, II, 160–161]MedicalSeefastidiousfastidiousness
Related to fastidiousness: undeterredSynonyms for fastidiousnessnoun attentiveness to detailSynonyms- care
- carefulness
- meticulousness
- pain
- painstaking
- punctiliousness
- scrupulousness
- thoroughness
Words related to fastidiousnessnoun the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or styleRelated Words |