fastidious (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def giving careful attention to detail
def hard to please
def excessively concerned with cleanliness
examples a fastidious and incisive intellect
fastidious about personal cleanliness
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Also see refined; tidy
Derivationally related form fastidious → fastidiousness
Antonym fastidious → unfastidious
Similar to choosy, choosey; dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish; finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky; meticulous; pernickety, persnickety; old-maidish, old-womanish
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Similar to choosy, choosey; dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish; finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky; meticulous; pernickety, persnickety; old-maidish, old-womanish
Antonym unfastidious → fastidious
Also see refined; tidy
Derived from adjective fastidiously → fastidious
Derived from adjective fastidiously → fastidious
Derivationally related form fastidiousness → fastidious

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