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1. (adj.) fastidious
particular; hard to please.
2. fastidious
painstaking.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L fastīdiōsus squeamish, der. of fastidium lack of appetite, disgust)
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1. (adj) fastidious
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
"a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
2. (adj) fastidious, exacting
having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
"fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
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1. (adj) fastidious
difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite
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Sense: very critical and difficult to please
She is so fastidious about her food that she will not eat in a restaurant.
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 Afrikaans: kieskeurig |
 Arabic: صَعْبُ الإرْضاء، نَيِّق، |
 Bulgarian: взискателен |
 Brazilian: melindroso |
 Czech: náročný, vybíravý |
 German: wählerisch |
 Danish: pedantisk; sirlig |
 Greek: σχολαστικός, ιδιότροπος |
 Spanish: quisquilloso |
 Estonian: nõudlik |
 Farsi: سخت گیر؛ ایرادی |
 Finnish: pikkutarkka |
 French: difficile |
 Hebrew: בַּררָנִי |
 Hindi: तुनकमिजाज |
 Croatian: izbirljiv, kome je teško |
 Hungarian: finnyás |
 Indonesian: dipuaskan |
 Icelandic: aðfinnslusamur; vandfÿsin |
 Italian: difficile, esigente |
 Japanese: 気むずかしい |
 Korean: 성미가 까다로운 |
 Lithuanian: išrankus |
 Latvian: izvēlīgs; izlepis; izsmal |
 Malay: cerewet |
 Dutch: kieskeurig |
 Norwegian: kresen, svært nøye |
 Polish: wybredny, wymagający |
 Persian: سخت گیر؛ ایرادی |
 Pashto: ځير، ځيرك، كبر جن، غره، ز |
 Portuguese: melindroso |
 Romanian: pretenţios |
 Russian: привередливый |
 Slovak: prieberčivý |
 Slovenian: izbirčen |
 Serbian: probirljiv |
 Swedish: kräsen, nogräknad |
 Thai: ที่พิถีพิถัน |
 Turkish: titiz |
 Taiwanese: 愛挑剔的，難取悅的 |
 Ukrainian: розбірливий; вередливий |
 Urdu: نازک طبع |
 Vietnamese: khó tính |
 Chinese: 爱挑剔的，难取悦的 |
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