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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

   Scrabble Points: 14

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