"fastidious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fæˈstɪdi.əs/, /fəˈstɪdi.əs/ Audio: en-us-fastidious.ogg , en-au-fastidious.ogg Forms: more fastidious [comparative], most fastidious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪdiəs Etymology: From Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fastīdium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fastīdiōsus||passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome}} Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), {{cog|fr|fastidieux}} French fastidieux Head templates: {{en-adj}} fastidious (comparative more fastidious, superlative most fastidious)
  1. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness. Synonyms: exacting, fussy, meticulous, niggly, pernickety, fastidious Translations (excessively particular): repunu (Asturian), repunante (Asturian), vasvası (Azerbaijani), взискателен (vziskatelen) (Bulgarian), придирчив (pridirčiv) (Bulgarian), 奄尖嘅 (jim¹ zim¹ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), 挑剔 (tiāoti) (Chinese Mandarin), 苛求 (kēqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 過細 (Chinese Mandarin), 过细 (guòxì) (Chinese Mandarin), denti (Cornish), puntíčkářský (Czech), pečlivý (Czech), akurátní (Czech), náročný (Czech), pedantský (Czech), kieskeurig (Dutch), finika (Esperanto), nirso (Finnish), turhantarkka (Finnish), pointilleux (French), minutieux (French), anspruchsvoll (German), akribisch (German), kleinlich (German), manisch (German), minutiös (German), pedantisch (German), pingelig [colloquial] (German), überkorrekt (German), wählerisch (German), meonúil (Irish), pignolo (Italian), meticoloso (Italian), 几帳面な (kichōmen-na) (alt: きちょうめんな) (Japanese), manaia (Maori), warahoe (english: refers to food) (Maori), whakatarapī (Maori), mōkinokino (english: refers to food) (Maori), uhupoho (english: referring to details) (Maori), meticulós (Occitan), primejaire (Occitan), menimós (Occitan), espepidaire (Occitan), manhac (Occitan), manhagós (Occitan), تتیز (titiz) (Ottoman Turkish), krakjt (Plautdietsch), drobiazgowy (Polish), skrupulatny (Polish), meticuloso (Portuguese), minucioso (Portuguese), minuțios (Romanian), тре́бовательный (trébovatelʹnyj) (alt: излишне) (Russian), привере́дливый (priverédlivyj) (Russian), приди́рчивый (pridírčivyj) (Russian), скрупулёзный (skrupuljóznyj) (Russian), cicatero (Spanish), quisquilloso (Spanish), regodeón (Spanish), nogräknad (Swedish), granntyckt (Swedish), вибагливий (vybahlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), прискіпливий (pryskiplyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вимогливий (vymohlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fastidious-en-adj-S7HVydFr Disambiguation of 'excessively particular': 76 13 2 9
  2. Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness. Translations (overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness): vasvası (Azerbaijani), изтънчен (iztǎnčen) (Bulgarian), úzkostlivý (Czech), scrupuleus (Dutch), minuciosa (Esperanto), turhantarkka (Finnish), pikkutarkka (Finnish), méticuleux (French), pingelig [colloquial] (German), penibel (German), übergenau (German), etepetete (German), meticoloso (Italian), precisino (Italian), fastidiosus (Latin), whakautiuti (Maori), maniac (Occitan), netejaire (Occitan), manhac (Occitan), manhagós (Occitan), تتیز (titiz) (Ottoman Turkish), krakjt (Plautdietsch), брезгли́вый (brezglívyj) (Russian), maniático de la limpieza (Spanish), petig (Swedish), petnoga (Swedish), titiz (Turkish), прискіпливий (pryskiplyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), скрупульозний (skrupulʹoznyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ретельний (retelʹnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fastidious-en-adj-etwZBjOv Disambiguation of 'overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness': 15 83 1 1
  3. Difficult to please; quick to find fault. Translations (difficult to please): vasvası (Azerbaijani), капризен (kaprizen) (Bulgarian), 難取悅的 (Chinese Mandarin), 难取悦的 (nán qǔyuè de) (Chinese Mandarin), veeleisend (Dutch), nirso (Finnish), vaativa (Finnish), nirppanokkainen (Finnish), exigeant (French), anspruchsvoll (German), wählerisch (German), kleinlich (German), mäkelig (German), zimperlich (German), eigen (German), heikel (German), 気難しい (kimuzukashii) (alt: きむずかしい) (Japanese), 好みのむずかしい (konomi no muzukashii) (alt: このみのむずかしい) (Japanese), mōkinokino (english: refers only to food) (Maori), exigent (Occitan), refastinhós (Occitan), manhac (Occitan), manhagós (Occitan), wybredny (Polish), exigente (Portuguese), cusurgiu (Romanian), mofturos (Romanian), прихотли́вый (prixotlívyj) (Russian), exigente (Spanish), kräsen [common-gender] (Swedish), kinkig (Swedish), güçbeğenir (Turkish), müşkülpesent (Turkish), вередливий (veredlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fastidious-en-adj-mXAQ3UYU Disambiguation of 'difficult to please': 3 2 83 11
  4. (microbiology, of a microorganism) Having precise requirements for nutrition and environment (chemical and physical); especially, being difficult to culture because of those requirements. Categories (topical): Microbiology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fastidiously, fastidiousness Related terms: finicky, methodical, prissy, pedant
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          "word": "meonúil"
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          "sense": "excessively particular",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "primejaire"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "menimós"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
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          "word": "espepidaire"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "manhac"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "manhagós"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "titiz",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "تتیز"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "krakjt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "drobiazgowy"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "skrupulatny"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "meticuloso"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "minucioso"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "minuțios"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "alt": "излишне",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trébovatelʹnyj",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "тре́бовательный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priverédlivyj",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "привере́дливый"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pridírčivyj",
          "sense": "excessively particular",
          "word": "приди́рчивый"
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          "_dis1": "76 13 2 9",
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    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "primejaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "menimós"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "espepidaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "manhac"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "manhagós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "titiz",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "تتیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "krakjt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "drobiazgowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "skrupulatny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "meticuloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "minucioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "minuțios"
    },
    {
      "alt": "излишне",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trébovatelʹnyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "тре́бовательный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priverédlivyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "привере́дливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridírčivyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "приди́рчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrupuljóznyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "скрупулёзный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "cicatero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "quisquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "regodeón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "nogräknad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "word": "granntyckt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vybahlyvyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вибагливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryskiplyvyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прискіпливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vymohlyvyj",
      "sense": "excessively particular",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вимогливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "vasvası"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztǎnčen",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "изтънчен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "úzkostlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "scrupuleus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "minuciosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "turhantarkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "pikkutarkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "méticuleux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "pingelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "penibel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "übergenau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "etepetete"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "meticoloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "precisino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "fastidiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "whakautiuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "maniac"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "netejaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "manhac"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "manhagós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "titiz",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "تتیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "krakjt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brezglívyj",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "брезгли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "maniático de la limpieza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "petig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "petnoga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "word": "titiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryskiplyvyj",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прискіпливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skrupulʹoznyj",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скрупульозний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "retelʹnyj",
      "sense": "overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ретельний"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "vasvası"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaprizen",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "капризен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "難取悅的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nán qǔyuè de",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "难取悦的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "veeleisend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "nirso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "vaativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "nirppanokkainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "exigeant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "anspruchsvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "wählerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "kleinlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "mäkelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "zimperlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "eigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "heikel"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きむずかしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kimuzukashii",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "気難しい"
    },
    {
      "alt": "このみのむずかしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konomi no muzukashii",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "好みのむずかしい"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers only to food",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "mōkinokino"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "exigent"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "refastinhós"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "manhac"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "manhagós"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "wybredny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "exigente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "cusurgiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "mofturos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prixotlívyj",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "прихотли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "exigente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kräsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "kinkig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "güçbeğenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "word": "müşkülpesent"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "veredlyvyj",
      "sense": "difficult to please",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вередливий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fastidious"
}

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