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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 Middle English < Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, equivalent to fastīdi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perhaps by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, combining form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium combining form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, equivalent to fastīdi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perhaps by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, combining form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium combining form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
hy·per·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
EXPANDnon·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
non·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
non·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
o·ver·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
ul·tra·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
un·fas·tid·i·ous, adjective
un·fas·tid·i·ous·ly, adverb
un·fas·tid·i·ous·ness, noun
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| the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain or scorn; the state of being despised |
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Word Origin & History
fastidious
mid-15c., "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"
EXPANDemerged in English 1610s. Related: Fastidiously; fastidiousness.
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fastidious fas·tid·i·ous (fā-stĭd'ē-əs, fə-)
adj.
Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
Difficult to please; exacting.
Having complex nutritional requirements. Used of microorganisms.
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