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fastidious definition
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Grep of noun fastidious fastidiousness Overview of adj fastidious The adj fastidious has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) fastidious -- (giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness") 2. fastidious, exacting -- ((microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements") Antonyms of adj fastidious 2 senses of fastidious Sense 1 fastidious (vs. unfastidious) unfastidious (vs. fastidious) => untidy Sense 2 fastidious (vs. unfastidious), exacting unfastidious (vs. fastidious) Similarity of adj fastidious 2 senses of fastidious Sense 1 fastidious (vs. unfastidious) => choosy, choosey => dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish => finical, finicky, fussy, particular => old-maidish, old-womanish => meticulous, picky => pernickety, persnickety Also See-> refined#1; tidy#1 Sense 2 fastidious (vs. unfastidious), exacting Attributes of adj fastidious Familiarity of adj fastidious fastidious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj fastidious fastidious unfastidious Overview of adj fastidious The adj fastidious has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) fastidious -- (giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness") 2. fastidious, exacting -- ((microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements")
fastidious definition
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