Fastidious, dainty as to eating; particular or nice in choosing; to be chosen; choice; fond. (The sense in Middle English in some cases very…

dainty, fastidious, luxurious.

Squeamish.

Distant, disdainful, fastidious.

Too nice, excessively nice (in various senses). Formerly: esp. too fastidious, scrupulous, or particular.

Careful as to the standard of excellence; difficult to satisfy; particular; nice, fastidious. Obsolete. esp. in food, clothing, matters of taste.

Difficult to please; particular, ticklish; fastidious, nice, dainty, delicate. Obsolete.

Difficult to please or satisfy; fastidious, fussy; demanding; (of a feeling, preference, etc.) characterized by fastidiousness or fussiness.

Aiming at or affecting refinement in manners, language, etc.; fastidious, particular. Now usually depreciative: over-delicate, over-fastidious…

Fastidious, fussy, difficult to please, esp. with regard to food or cleanliness; of refined or dainty tastes.

Fastidious.

Excessively delicate; too delicate.

Obsolete.

Delicate in the feelings or senses; fastidious, dainty, squeamish; easily upset or disordered. Now dialect.

Dainty, fastidious; prim. Obsolete.

Fastidious.

Insubstantial; trifling; dainty, fine. Obsolete.

Affected, finikin.

Of a person: having superior taste or discernment; (modifying an agent noun) performing the specified activity with refined discernment. Now only in…

Of the mind, faculties, etc.: delicate, fastidious; squeamish. Obsolete.

Characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance; (affectedly) dainty or genteel; fastidious, prim.

Delicate in nature or constitution; dainty, fastidious.

Scrupulously or minutely concerned with refinement in matters of taste or propriety; having exacting standards or paying meticulous attention to…

Excessively or affectedly refined; fastidious; overscrupulous; spec. having a refined or fastidious taste in food and drink; epicurean.

Fastidious, shy, particular.

Squeamish.

Fastidious; spoilt; (esp. with reference to food) fussy, picky. Now Scottish and English regional.

Of persons, etc.: Possessing or displaying delicate taste, perception, or sensibility; nice, fastidious, particular; sometimes, over-nice.

Excessively refined or fastidious; highly elegant or sophisticated.

Made foolish or delicate.

Too careful, fastidious, or particular. Now archaic and rare.

Disdainful, fastidious.

Somewhat fine (in various senses of the adjective); esp. (in early use) †affecting refinement; somewhat fastidious (obsolete).

Excessively or affectedly precise in matters of dress or personal appearance; excessively particular or fastidious.

= dainty, adj.

Of persons, their actions and attributes: Over-nice or particular, affectedly fastidious, excessively punctilious or precise, in speech, dress…

so nice or particular as to walk on tiptoe.

Fastidious in matters of literary taste or style. Obsolete.

That nicks (in various senses of the verb).

Of persons: Careful or nice in choosing, selective, discriminative. Obsolete or dialect.

Fastidious or dainty with respect to what one handles, uses, or comes in contact with.

Dainty, delicate, fussy. Obsolete.

Of the character of a hypercritic; extremely or unduly critical; addicted to excessive adverse criticism, esp. upon minute or trivial points.

Attentive to the details of activities and arrangements; careful, precise, or scrupulous. Hence: exacting; fastidious.

Affecting extreme refinement; dainty, fastidious, mincing; excessively precise in trifles. Also of things: Over-delicately wrought or finished…

Excessively critical; hypercritical.

(a) Exactly, or almost exactly, as required. (b) Precise, exact; neat and tidy; fastidious, punctilious.

Fastidious, fussy, over-particular. rare. Now Scottish.

Affected, finicky, foppish; fond of frippery or finery; showy and insubstantial; fancy. Now rare.

Proud; fastidious, affected.

Neat, particular; self-important. Also: ingenious, resourceful.

Given to or characterized by quiddling; consisting of or concerned with minute or insignificant detail; fussy.

Of a person: exacting about details; particular, careful; punctilious; spec. putting excessive emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy. Also in…

= perskeet, adj.

figurative. English regional (southern) and Newfoundland. Affectedly dainty; fastidious, esp. concerning food; picky.

= hypercritical, adj.

Of persons and personal attributes: Occupied with fads, particular about trifles, crotchety. Of things: Of the nature of a fad, taken up as a fad.

= finicking, adj.

Originally: overcareful about minute details, overscrupulous. Subsequently usually in more positive sense: careful, punctilious, scrupulous, precise.

= squeamish, adj.

Fastidious, particular; dainty; = picky, adj.1

Disposed to be particular in one's choice; fastidious, fussy.

Originally (English regional): having a dainty or (occasionally) small appetite. In later use more generally: fastidious, finicky, particular; choosy.

(hyper-æsthetic). Excessively æsthetic.

= pernickety, adj.; (also) snobbish, snooty. Also as adv.

= precious, adj. 3. Cf. précieuse, adj.

Fastidious, pernickety, meticulous; demanding. Also: prim, prissy, prudish. Cf. perjink, adj.

Fastidious. rare.

Prudish, fastidious; overly concerned with respectability.

Demanding or seeking perfection. Cf. perfectionistic, adj.

Fussy, pernickety.

= perfectionist, adj. 2. Also occasionally: spec. of or relating to perfectionism (perfectionism, n. 1a).