单词 | fastidious |
释义 | fastidious —fastidiously, adv. —fastidiousness, n. /fa stid"ee euhs, feuh-/, adj. 1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater. 2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. [1375-1425; late ME < L fastidiosus squeamish, equiv. to fastidi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perh. by syncope of *fastutidium (fastu-, comb. form of fastus pride, conceit + -tidium comb. form of taedium TEDIUM) + -osus -OUS] Syn. 1. See particular. |
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