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Definitions for Fastidious
[1] excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
[2] requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
[3] very critical; hard to please
[4] excessively particular about details
[5] exceedingly delicate; easily disgusted
Words related to Fastidious
choosy, discriminating, squeamish, exacting, finicky, fussy, captious, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, hypercritical, nice, particular, persnickety, picky, punctilious, queasy, finical, nit-picky
Words nearby Fastidious
fastback, fastball, fasten, fastener, fastening, fastidious, fastie, fastigiate, fastigium, fastness, fastuous
Origin of Fastidious
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
Other words from Fastidious
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
non·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
Word origin for Fastidious
C15: from Latin fastīdiōsus scornful, from fastīdium loathing, from fastus pride + taedium weariness
Synonyms for Fastidious
choosy, discriminating, exacting, finicky, fussy, squeamish, captious, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, easily disgusted, finical, fussbudgety, hard to please, hypercritical, nice, nit-picky, overdelicate, overnice, particular, persnickety, picky, punctilious, queasy, stickling