overfastidious

(ˌəʊvəfæˈstɪdɪəs)

adj

excessively fastidious

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irritable, impatient, lazy, super-sensitive, nervous, peevish, superstitious or overfastidious individuals'.

The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping under the Stars

By mid-1918, arrangements were being made with the cooperation of Malay and Dayak farmers that "all paddi [sic] lands not required by them for the coming farming season must be given, rent free, to those who have no land".(21) There were encouraging signs of padi planting among the Foochows, Henghuas and other immigrant communities.(22) The Foochow showed themselves to be overfastidious, and greatly tested the patience of the authorities.

For want of rice: Sarawak's attempts at rice self-sufficiency during the period of Brooke rule, 1841-1941

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