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–adjective

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

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

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L fastīdiōsus squeamish, equiv. to fastīdi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perh. by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, comb. form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium comb. form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous

]

—Related forms

fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb

fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See particular.

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fas·tid·i·ous Audio Help (fā-stĭd'ē-əs, fə-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
Difficult to please; exacting.
Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See Synonyms at meticulous.
Microbiology Having complicated nutritional requirements.

[Middle English, squeamish, particular, haughty, from Old French fastidieux, from Latin fastīdiōsus, from fastīdium, squeamishness, haughtiness, probably from fastus, disdain.]

fas·tid'i·ous·ly adv., fas·tid'i·ous·ness n.

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fastidious

c.1440, "full of pride," from L. fastidiosus "disdainful, squeamish, exacting," from fastidium "loathing," most likely from *fastu-taidiom, a compound of fastus "contempt, arrogance" and tædium "aversion, disgust." Early use in Eng. was in both passive and active senses. Meaning "squeamish, over-nice" emerged in Eng. 1612.

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fastidious
adjective
1.	giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" [ant: unfastidious]
2.	having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" [ant: unfastidious]

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fastidious [fəˈstidiəs, (American) fa-] adjective

very critical and difficult to please
Example: She is so fastidious about her food that she will not eat in a restaurant.

Arabic:	صَعْبُ الإرْضاء، نَيِّق، شَديد الحَساسِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	爱挑剔的，难取悦的
Chinese (Traditional):	愛挑剔的，難取悅的
Czech:	náročný, vybíravý
Danish:	pedantisk; sirlig
Dutch:	kieskeurig
Estonian:	nõudlik
Finnish:	nirso
French:	difficile
German:	wählerisch
Greek:	σχολαστικός, ιδιότροπος
Hungarian:	finnyás
Icelandic:	aðfinnslusamur; vandfÿsinn; matvandur
Indonesian:	dipuaskan
Italian:	difficile, esigente

Japanese:	気むずかしい
Korean:	까다로운
Latvian:	izvēlīgs; izlepis; izsmalcināts
Lithuanian:	išrankus
Norwegian:	kresen, svært nøye
Polish:	wybredny, wymagający
Portuguese (Brazil):	requintado
Portuguese (Portugal):	melindroso
Romanian:	pretenţios
Russian:	привередливый
Slovak:	prieberčivý
Slovenian:	izbirčen
Spanish:	quisquilloso
Swedish:	kräsen, nogräknad
Turkish:	titiz

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Fastidious

Fash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashing.] [OF. faschier, F. f?cher, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr. L. fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.] To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.]

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