fastidious

fas·tid·i·ous

 (fă-stĭd′ē-əs, fə-)

adj.

1. Showing or acting with careful attention to detail: a fastidious scholar; fastidious research.

2. Difficult to please; exacting: "The club is also becoming far more fastidious about what constitutes a breed standard" (Janet Burroway).

3. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness: "He was a fastidious man who hated to dirty his hands, in particular with food" (Michael Chabon). See Synonyms at meticulous.

4. Microbiology Having complex nutritional requirements.

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

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fas·tid′i·ous·ly adv.

fas·tid′i·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

[C15: from Latin fastīdiōsus scornful, from fastīdium loathing, from fastus pride + taedium weariness]

fasˈtidiously adv

fasˈtidiousness n

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fas•tid•i•ous

(fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-)

adj.

1. particular; hard to please.

2. painstaking.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, derivative of fastidium lack of appetite, disgust]

fas•tid′i•ous•ly, adv.

fas•tid′i•ous•ness, n.

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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

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fastidious

adjective

1. Showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details:

careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous.

2. Very difficult to please:

choosy, dainty, exacting, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish.

Informal: picky.

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Translations

náročnývybíravý

sirlig

fastidiöswählerisch

difficile

aîfinnslusamur; vandfÿsinn; matvandur

schizzinoso

išrankiaiišrankumasišrankus

izlepisizsmalcinātsizvēlīgs

kresensvært nøye

titiz

爱挑剔的难取悦的

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)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fastidious

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

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fastidious

(fəˈstidiəs) , ((American) fa-) adjective

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 melindroso náročný, vybíravý wählerisch pedantisk; sirlig σχολαστικός, ιδιότροποςquisquilloso 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 kieskeurigkresen, svært nøyewybredny, wymagający ځير، ځيرك، كبر جن، غره، زرزرى 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

faˈstidiously adverb

kieskeurig بِحساسِيه شَديده، بِصورَة صَعْبَة الإرْضاء взискателно melindrosamente náročně, vybíravě wählerisch pedantiskt; sirligt 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 kieskeurigkresent wymagająco, wybrednie ځيرك 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

faˈstidiousness noun

kieskeurigheid صُعوبَة الإرْضاء взискателност melindre náročnost, vybíravost die Verwöhntheit omhyggelighed σχολαστικότητα, ιδιοτροπίαmeticulosidad, 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 kieskeurigheidkresenhet wybredność ځيركى، كبر، غرور، لوبى melindre mofturi привередливость prieberčivosť izbirčnost probirljivost kräsenhet ความพิถีพิถัน titizlik 愛挑剔 розбірливість نازک دماغی sự khó tính 爱挑剔

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fas·tid·i·ous

a. fastidioso-a, en bacteriología rel. a demandas nutricionales complejas.

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