Meaning of fastidious in English
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Pronunciation
/fæˈstɪdiəs/US accent
UK accent
to browse different examples of pronunciation.Qualitative Adjective
fastidiousEtymology
late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th centuryDefinitions
1. giving and careful attention to detailExamples
- « hard to please »
- « excessively concerned with cleanliness »
- « a fastidious and incisive intellect »
- « fastidious about personal cleanliness »
Synonyms
- choosy
- choosey
- dainty
- nice
- overnice
- prissy
- squeamish
- finical
- finicky
- fussy
- particular
- old-maidish
- old-womanish
- meticulous
- picky
- pernickety
- persnickety
Antonyms
- 2. having complicated nutritional requirements
Examples
- « especially growing only in special artificial cultures »
- « fastidious microorganisms »
- « certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements »
Antonyms