FASTIDIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster In keeping with its Latin roots, fastidious once meant "haughty," "disgusting," and "disagreeable," but the word is now most often applied to people who are very meticulous or overly difficult to please, or to work which reflects a demanding or precise attitude
fastidious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary fastidious (comparative more fastidious, superlative most fastidious) Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness
fastidious | Dictionaries and vocabulary tools for English language . . . exceedingly particular or demanding esp in matters of detail; exacting She was not particularly fond of organizing and keeping records, and so she appreciated an assistant who was fastidious excessively sensitive or delicate in matters of food, manners, dress, or personal hygiene
fastidious — ozdic You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich "It's burn [t], M'sieur," said Marie Louise, politely, but decidedly, to the utter confusion of Mr Billy, who was as mortified as could be at the failure of his dinner to please his fastidious little visitor
American Heritage Dictionary Entry: fastidious Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, as in taste, propriety, or neatness: "He was a fastidious man who hated to dirty his hands, in particular with food" (Michael Chabon)