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adjective
- 1. very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail: "she dressed with fastidious care"
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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.
Fastidious means extremely or excessively careful or detailed, or having high and often capricious standards. It comes from Latin fastidium, meaning "aversion" or "disgust." See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases.
Learn the meaning of fastidious, an adjective that describes someone who pays great attention to detail, is hard to please, or is easily disgusted. See synonyms, pronunciation, word origin, and usage examples from various sources.
Fastidious means giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect, or having a strong dislike of anything dirty or unpleasant. Learn more about this word, its usage and related terms with Cambridge Dictionary.
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If you want to describe a person who insists on perfection or pays much attention to food, clothing and cleanliness, the right word is fastidious.
Fastidious definition: excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please. See examples of FASTIDIOUS used in a sentence.
Fastidious means being careful that every detail of something is correct, or sometimes disapproving of things being dirty or untidy. Learn how to use this word with synonyms, pronunciation, pictures and example sentences.
