fastidious

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fastīdium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fæsˈtɪdi.əs/, /fəsˈtɪdi.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪdiəs Hyphenation: fas‧ti‧di‧ous === Adjective === fastidious (comparative more fastidious, superlative most fastidious) Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness. Synonyms: exacting, fussy, meticulous, niggly, pernickety; see also Thesaurus:fastidious Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness. Difficult to please; quick to find fault. (microbiology, of a microorganism) Having precise requirements for nutrition and environment (chemical and physical); especially, being difficult to culture because of those requirements. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “fastidious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fastidious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “fastidious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.