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Definition of Fastidious

1. Adjective. Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness. "Fastidious about personal cleanliness"

2. Adjective. Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures. "Certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

Definition of Fastidious

1. a. Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.

Definition of Fastidious

1. Adjective. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details. ¹

2. Adjective. Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness. ¹

3. Adjective. Difficult to please; quick to find fault. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fastidious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Fastidious

1. Having to do with microorganisms which have unusual and/or complex nutritional needs and must be grown on enriched media. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastidious

fastened fastener fasteners fastening fastenings fastens faster faster-than-light fasters fastest

fasteth fastgrowing fasti fastidiosities fastidiosity fastidious (current term) fastidious organism fastidiously fastidiousness fastidium cibi

fastigatum fastigial nucleus fastigiated fastigiates fastigiobulbar fibres fastigiobulbar tract fastigiospinal fibres fastigium fastigiums

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