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   fastidious

   /faˈstɪdɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail: "she dressed with fastidious care"
   • ▪ very concerned about matters of cleanliness: "the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fastidiously adverb
   • 2. fastidiousness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFASTIDIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   FASTIDIOUS definition: 1. giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect: 2…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fastidiousFastidious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of FASTIDIOUS is extremely or excessively careful or detailed. How to use fastidious in a sentence. Fastidious Has a Disgusting Past

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFASTIDIOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   FASTIDIOUS meaning: 1. giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect: 2…. Learn more.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › fastidiousFASTIDIOUS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

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   Fastidious definition: excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please. See examples of FASTIDIOUS used in a sentence.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › fastidiousFastidious - definition of fastidious by The Free Dictionary

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   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.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFASTIDIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you say that someone is fastidious, you mean that they pay great attention to detail.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › fastidiousFastidious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   Fastidious is a funny-sounding adjective from the Latin fastidium "loathing" that has several equally strange-sounding synonyms — persnickety, fussbudgety, finicky and punctilious. Fussy and hard to please will also do the trick.