Associations to the word «Fastidious»

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.
William Butler Yeats