fastidious

  • 21fastidious — fas·tid·i·ous || fæs tɪdɪəs adj. hard to please, critical; choosy; overly refined; painstaking, paying immense attention to minute details …

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  • 22fastidious — [fa stɪdɪəs] adjective 1》 very attentive to accuracy and detail. 2》 very concerned about cleanliness. Derivatives fastidiously adverb fastidiousness noun Origin ME (in the sense distasteful , later disgusted ): from L. fastidiosus, from fastidium …

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  • 23fastidious — a. Squeamish, difficult, queasy, critical, dainty, over nice, over delicate, hard to please …

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  • 24fastidious — adj 1. hard to please, critical, difficult; overcritical, hypercritical, overdemanding, overexact ing; fussy, finicky, overparticular, finical, meticulous; picky, Inf. choosy, dainty, Inf. fuddy duddy, Inf. pernickety. 2. overfastidious, overnice …

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  • 25fastidious — fas·tid·i·ous …

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  • 26fastidious — UK [fæˈstɪdɪəs] / US [fəˈstɪdɪəs] adjective 1) caring a lot about small details and wanting everything to be correct and tidy 2) keeping your clothes, possessions, and property very clean and tidy Derived words: fastidiously adverb fastidiousness …

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  • 27fastidious — [fæˈstɪdiəs] adj caring a lot about small details and wanting everything to be correct and tidy …

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  • 28fastidious — fas•tid•i•ous [[t]fæˈstɪd i əs, fə [/t]] adj. 1) particular; hard to please 2) painstaking • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L fastīdiōsus squeamish, der. of fastidium lack of appetite, disgust fas•tid′i•ous•ly, adv. fas•tid′i•ous•ness, n …

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  • 29fastidious —   a. very hard to please; particular about details; fussy and squeamish …

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  • 30fastidious —   Kūlana waewae, nihinihi …

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