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Fastidious Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Fastidious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness

"a fastidious and incisive intellect"

"fastidious about personal cleanliness"

2

having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures

"fastidious microorganisms"

"certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

3

Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.

Example Sentences
"a fastidious and incisive intellect" adjective
"fastidious about personal cleanliness" adjective
"fastidious microorganisms" adjective
"certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
unfastidious
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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