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fastidiousness|fæˈstɪdɪəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being fastidious.
†1. Loathing, disgust. Obs.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 28 b, Sowthistle..causeth fastidiousness or lothsomnesse of the stomake. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 267/2 Excepte it..get a fastidiousnes therof [pappe]. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 425 After I had..escaped infinite dangers..excessive fastidiousnesse, unspeakable adversities. 1807Coxe Austria I. 67 Rhodolph observing their fastidiousness, rose from table.
†2. Disdainfulness, haughtiness, pride. Obs.
1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3) Fastidiousnesse, disdainfulnesse. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. §14. 52 He reproved the fastidiousnesse of the Pharisee.
3. Disposition to be easily disgusted; squeamishness; over-niceness in matters of taste or propriety.
1661Boyle Style of Script. 202 More Discerning Times..will Repair the Omissions and Fastidiousnesse of the Present. 1784J. Barry Lect. Art vi. (1848) 207 Fastidiousness, and a useless and too critical nicety, may be expected to increase. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 745 The fastidiousness of criticism may object to the frequent repetition. 1869J. Martineau Ess. II. 98 Any nice inquiry..would be a misplaced fastidiousness. |