EGAVE

fastidious

About 0.76 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
  2. adjective Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
  3. adjective Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
  4. adjective Having precise requirements for nutrition and environment (chemical and physical); especially, being difficult to culture because of those requirements.
    fastidious organism

Similar words

finicky finical pernickety fussy persnickety meticulous exacting overnice choosy choosey

Often followed by

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Word family

fastidious attention to detail fastidiously fastidiousness fastidiousnesses

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