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Meaning and definition for "fastidious" word

[adjective] giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
[adjective] (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
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\Fas*tid"i*ous\, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. {Tedious}, {Fash}.] Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young. Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. Usage: {Fastidious}, {Squeamish}. We call a person fastidious when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. ``Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish.'' --Crabb. -- {Fas*tid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Fas*tid"i*ous*ness}, n.

Synonyms for fastidious

choosey, choosy, dainty, exacting, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, old-maidish, old-womanish, overnice, particular, pernickety, persnickety, picky, prissy, squeamish

Antonyms: unfastidious

See also: refined | tidy |

Related terms: careful, choosy, critical, dirt-free, distinguishing, finicky, gracile, immaculate, kosher, nice, nit-picking, nonpolluted, polished, precisianistic, punctilious, ritually pure, shiny, unblotted, undefiled, unsoiled, well-scrubbed, whitened

The fun area, different aproach to word »fastidious«

Let's analyse "fastidious" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Three syllables and Five vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: SUOIDITSAF. Average typing speed for these characters is 2815 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: fastidious: 1 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 28, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: fastidious: 6 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 42, reduced: 6, and the final result is Six.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1) 4 Emperor Determined, Persistant, Idealist
F (1) 6 Lovers Practical, Faithful, Organizer
I (2) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
S (2) 19 Sun Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1) 21 World Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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