"fastidiousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From fastidious + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fastidious|ness}} fastidious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fastidiousness (uncountable)
  1. The quality of being fastidious. Tags: uncountable Translations (quality of being fastidious): ακριβολογία (akrivología) [feminine] (Greek), gikksháttur (Icelandic), beadaíocht (note: about food) [feminine] (Irish), beaichte [feminine] (Irish), consaeit (english: squeamishness) [masculine] (Irish), nósúlacht (english: particularity) [feminine] (Irish), smulkmeniškùmas [masculine] (Lithuanian)
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