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fastidious

[ fa-stid-ee-uhs, fuh- ]

adjective

  1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please:

    a fastidious eater.

  2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.


fastidious

/ æˈɪɪə /

adjective

  1. very critical; hard to please
  2. excessively particular about details
  3. exceedingly delicate; easily disgusted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ڲˈپ徱dzܲԱ, noun
  • ڲˈپ徱dzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڲ·پi·dzܲ· adverb
  • ڲ·پi·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • p·ڲ·پi·dzܲ adjective
  • hyper·ڲ·پi·dzܲ· adverb
  • hyper·ڲ·پi·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDzЭ·پi·dzܲ adjective
  • nonڲ·پi·dzܲ· adverb
  • nonڲ·پi·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • v·ڲ·پi·dzܲ adjective
  • over·ڲ·پi·dzܲ· adverb
  • over·ڲ·پi·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܱt·ڲ·پi·dzܲ adjective
  • ultra·ڲ·پi·dzܲ· adverb
  • ultra·ڲ·پi·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲЭ·پi·dzܲ adjective
  • unڲ·پi·dzܲ· adverb
  • unڲ·پi·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fastidious1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin ڲī徱ōܲ “squeamish,” from ڲī徱(ܳ) “lack of appetite, disgust” (perhaps from fastu(s) “pride, conceit” + -ī徱ܳ, combining form of taedium tedium ) + -ōܲ -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fastidious1

C15: from Latin ڲī徱ōܲ scornful, from ڲī徱ܳ loathing, from fastus pride + taedium weariness
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But it narrows some of the fastidious distancing that there's been between what had happened at the shut down News of the World and the Sun.

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The play, about a fanciful tour guide of a dull and stately English country house who runs into conflict with a factually fastidious official at the historic property, was almost immaterial.

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Pairing with Snoop helped put the fastidious chef and crafter in front of a younger, hipper audience, while the grandmotherly Stewart assisted in making the rapper approachable for a wider range of consumers.

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As Ruggero, he traced fastidious lines through the full length of Puccini’s lavish melodies, holding them taut before releasing them, and artfully negotiated his registers.

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That may have informed his more fastidious approach to presenting the scope of Jones’ injury.

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