fastidious


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fastidious /faˈstɪdɪəs/
adjective
  • 1 very attentive to accuracy and detail.
  • 2 very concerned about cleanliness.
– derivatives
fastidiously adverb,
fastidiousness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘distasteful’, later ‘disgusted’): from L. fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’.
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