Associations to the word «Fastidious»
Noun
- Taste
- Palate
- Delicacy
- Elegance
- Disgust
- Refinement
- Disdain
- Appetite
- Particular
- Aristocrat
- Dresser
- Bathing
- Trifle
- Bacterium
- Dirt
- Susceptibility
- Cuff
- Shrinking
- Nostril
- Organism
- Liking
- Pathogen
- Shudder
- Gram
- Eloquence
- Habit
- Steed
- Simplicity
- Isolation
- Parisian
- Multitude
- Ness
- Fable
- Choice
- Surrounding
- Purity
- Aristocracy
- Gentleman
- Admiration
- Fault
- Negative
- Beauty
- Delight
- Skirt
- Perfume
- Enjoyment
- Manner
- Dignity
- Dress
- Dislike
- Beggar
Adjective
Wiktionary
FASTIDIOUS, adjective. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
FASTIDIOUS, adjective. Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
Dictionary definition
FASTIDIOUS, adjective. Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness".
FASTIDIOUS, adjective. Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.