HyperDic: fastidious

English > 2 senses of the word *fastidious*:
ADJECTIVE	all	fastidious	giving careful attention to detail
ADJECTIVE	all	fastidious, exacting	having complicated nutritional requirements

fastidious > pronunciation
Sounds	faestih'diyahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *fastidious*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness.
Examples	"a fastidious and incisive intellect" "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
Narrower	choosy, choosey	Difficult to please
	dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish	excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
	finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky	exacting especially about details
	meticulous	marked by extreme / extreme care in treatment of details
	old-maidish, old-womanish	primly fastidious
	pernickety, persnickety	Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
See also	refined	(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
See also	tidy	marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
Opposite	unfastidious	Marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail
Spanish	escrupuloso, puntilloso, quisquilloso
Catalan	escrupulós, primmirat
Nouns	fastidiousness	the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
Adverbs	fastidiously	in a fastidious manner
Adverbs	fastidiously	in a fastidious and painstaking manner

English > *fastidious*: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures.
Example	"fastidious microorganisms"
Synonym	exacting
Category	microbiology	The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
Opposite	unfastidious	not exacting in nutritional requirements
Spanish	concienzudo, detallista, exigente, perfeccionista

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