fastidious

fas·tid·i·ous  (f-std-s, f-)

adj.

1. Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.

2. Difficult to please; exacting.

3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See Synonyms at meticulous.

4. Microbiology Having complicated nutritional requirements.

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[Middle English, squeamish, particular, haughty, from Old French fastidieux, from Latin fastdisus, from fastdium, squeamishness, haughtiness, probably from fastus, disdain.]

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fas·tidi·ous·ly adv.

fas·tidi·ous·ness n.

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fastidious [fæˈstɪdɪəs]

adj

1. very critical; hard to please

2. excessively particular about details

3. exceedingly delicate; easily disgusted

[from Latin fastīdiōsus scornful, from fastīdium loathing, from fastus pride + taedium weariness]

fastidiously  adv

fastidiousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" tidy - marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" unfastidious - marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress"
	2.	fastidious - having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" exacting microbiology - the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans unfastidious - not exacting in nutritional requirements

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fastidious

adjective particular, meticulous, fussy, overdelicate, difficult, nice, critical, discriminating, dainty, squeamish, choosy, picky (informal), hard to please, finicky, punctilious, pernickety, hypercritical, overnice He was fastidious about his appearance.
disorderly, casual, slack, careless, sloppy, easy-going, lenient, slovenly, slipshod, unsystematic

Translations

fastidious [fæsˈtɪdɪəs] ADJ [person] (about cleanliness etc) → escrupuloso; (= touchy) → quisquilloso; [taste] → fino

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fastidious [fæˈstɪdiəs] adj

[person] (= meticulous) → méticuleux/euse, minutieux/euse
to be fastidious about sth [+ hygiene, one's appearance] → être extrêmement soucieux/euse de qch

(= easily disgusted) → délicat(e)

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fastidious

adj → genau (→ about in Bezug auf +acc); (pej) → pingelig (inf) (→ about in Bezug auf +acc)

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fastidious [fæˈstɪdɪəs] adj (person, about cleanliness) → pignolo/a; (in taste) → difficile, esigente

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fastidious [fæˈstɪdɪəs] adj (person, about cleanliness) → pignolo/a; (in taste) → difficile, esigente

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fastidious

adj fastidious [fəˈstidiəs, (American ) fa-]

very critical and difficult to please She is so fastidious about her food that she will not eat in a restaurant. kieskeurig صَعْبُ الإرْضاء، نَيِّق، شَديد الحَساسِيَه взискателен náročný, vybíravý pedantisk; sirlig wählerisch σχολαστικός, ιδιότροπος quisquilloso nõudlik سخت گیر؛ ایرادی pikkutarkka difficile בַּררָנִי तुनकमिजाज izbirljiv, kome je teško ugoditi finnyás dipuaskan aðfinnslusamur; vandfÿsinn; matvandur difficile, esigente 気むずかしい 성미가 까다로운 išrankus izvēlīgs; izlepis; izsmalcināts cerewet kieskeurig kresen, svært nøye wybredny, wymagający melindroso pre­tenţios привередливый prieberčivý izbirčen probirljiv kräsen, nogräknad ที่พิถีพิถัน titiz 愛挑剔的，難取悅的 розбірливий; вередливий نازک طبع khó tính 爱挑剔的，难取悦的

adv faˈstidiously

kieskeurig بِحساسِيه شَديده، بِصورَة صَعْبَة الإرْضاء взискателно náročně, vybíravě pedantiskt; sirligt wählerisch σχολαστικά, ιδιότροπα de forma quisquillosa nõudlikult سختگیرانه pikkutarkasti dédaigneusement בְּאִסטנִיסִיות तुनुकमिजाजी से izbirljivo finnyásan rewel með vandfÿsni meticolosamente 気むずかしく 까다롭게 išrankiai izvēlīgi; izsmalcināti dengan cerewet kieskeurig kresent wymagająco, wybrednie melindrosamente cu dispreţ, dispreţuitor привередливо prieberčivo muhasto probirljivo kräset อย่างพิถีพิถัน titiz bir şekilde 愛挑剔 розбірливо; вередливо نازک دماغی سے một cách khó tính 爱挑剔

n faˈstidiousness

kieskeurigheid صُعوبَة الإرْضاء взискателност náročnost, vybíravost omhyggelighed die Verwöhntheit σχολαστικότητα, ιδιοτροπία meticulosidad, exigencia nõudlikkus سختگیری؛ وسواس pikkutarkkuus goût difficile בַּררָנוּת तुनकमिजाजी izbirljivost finnyásság, kényesség kerewelan vandfÿsni incontentabilità 気むずかしさ 까다로움 išrankumas izvēlība; izsmalcinātība kecerewetan kieskeurigheid kresenhet wybredność melindre mofturi привередливость prieberčivosť izbirčnost probirljivost kräsenhet ความพิถีพิถัน titizlik 愛挑剔 розбірливість نازک دماغی sự khó tính 爱挑剔