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Definitions for fastidious
fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-fas·tid·i·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fastidiousadjective

    giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

    "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

  2. fastidious, exactingadjective

    having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

    "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

Wiktionary

  1. fastidiousadjective

    Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details.

  2. fastidiousadjective

    Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.

  3. fastidiousadjective

    Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. FASTIDIOUSadjective

    Disdainful; squeamish; delicate to a vice; insolently nice.

    Etymology: fastidiosus, Latin; fastidieux, fastidiouse, French.

    Reasons plainly delivered, and always after one manner, especially with fine and fastidious minds, enter but heavily and dully. Francis Bacon, Collection of Good and Evil.

    Let their fastidious vain
    Commission of the brain,
    Run on and rage, sweat, censure, and condemn,
    They were not made for thee, less thou for them. Ben Jonson.

    A squeamish fastidious niceness, in meats and drinks, must be cured by starving. Roger L'Estrange.

    All hopes, raised upon the promises or supposed kindnesses of the fastidious and fallacious great ones of the world, shall fail. Robert South, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. fastidious

    A fastidious organism is any organism that has complex or particular nutritional requirements. In other words, a fastidious organism will only grow when specific nutrients are included in its medium. The more restrictive term fastidious microorganism is used in microbiology to describe microorganisms that will grow only if special nutrients are present in their culture medium. Thus fastidiousness is often practically defined as being difficult to culture, by any method yet tried.

ChatGPT

  1. fastidious

    Fastidious refers to someone who is very attentive to and concerned about accuracy, detail, and cleanliness. Such a person may be hard to please and excessively particular, critical, or demanding, especially about details or standards. It can also pertain to organisms that have complex or specific nutritional or environmental requirements.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fastidiousadjective

    difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Fastidious

    fas-tid′i-us, adj. affecting superior taste: over-nice: difficult to please.—adv. Fastid′iously.—n. Fastid′iousness. [L. fastidiosusfastidium, loathing—fastus, pride, tædium, loathing.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fastidious in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fastidious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fastidious in a Sentence

  1. Claire Wilcox:

    McQueen's collections were so enthralling and yet at the same time each garment was so beautifully crafted -- so you have this extreme attention to detail, fastidious tailoring, beautiful embellishments and incorporation of all sorts of different materials.

  2. Danuta Skowronski:

    I think it’s OK for individuals to make that decision, but on a population level, we have to be much more fastidious about the level of evidence available.

  3. Joseph Conigliaro:

    One of the authors decided to treat a family member and a few friends after learning more about the emerging famotidine trial because it has such a safe profile, he suggested they take famotidine and begin tracking their symptoms in a fastidious way.

  4. Danuta Skowronski:

    But on a population level, we have to be much more fastidious about the level of evidence available.

  5. Logan Pearsall Smith:

    There is one thing that matters -- to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.

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Translations for fastidious

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  • شديد الحساسيةArabic
  • капризен, придирчив, взискателен, изтънченBulgarian
  • vybíravýCzech
  • kræsenDanish
  • mäkelig, anspruchsvoll, pingelig, kleinlich, penibel, wählerischGerman
  • σχολαστικόςGreek
  • cicatero, regodeón, fastidioso, exigente, maniático, quisquillosoSpanish
  • چرت زدنPersian
  • turhantarkka, nirsoFinnish
  • minutieux, délicat, pointilleux, exigeant, méticuleuxFrench
  • दुराराध्यHindi
  • kényesHungarian
  • արագաշարժArmenian
  • rewelIndonesian
  • pignolo, precisino, fastidioso, meticolosoItalian
  • בַּררָנִיHebrew
  • 几帳面, 好みのむずかしい, 気難しい, 厳しいJapanese
  • ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮKannada
  • 까다로운Korean
  • deerit fastidioseLatin
  • warahoe, mōkinokino, manaia, whakatarapīMāori
  • scrupuleus, kieskeurig, veeleisendDutch
  • kresenNorwegian
  • wybrednyPolish
  • meticuloso, fastidioso, minuciosoPortuguese
  • minuțios, greu de mulțumit, mofturos, cusurgiuRomanian
  • брезгливый, скрупулёзный, привередливый, прихотливый, требовательный, придирчивыйRussian
  • granntyckt, kräsen, nogräknad, petig, petnoga, kinkigSwedish
  • படபிடிப்பும்Tamil
  • సులభముగాTelugu
  • จุกจิกThai
  • müşkülpesent, titiz, güçbeğenirTurkish
  • приємнийUkrainian
  • روزہ دارUrdu
  • khó tínhVietnamese
  • פאַסטידYiddish
  • 挑剔Chinese

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