Definition of 'fastidious'
1. adjective
If you say that someone is fastidious, you mean that they pay great attention to detail because they like everything to be very neat, accurate, and in good order.
...her fastidious attention to historical detail.
He was fastidious about his appearance. [+ about]
fastidiously graded adverb
He fastidiously copied every word of his notes on to clean paper.
2. adjective
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adjective
2.
excessively particular about details
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Derived forms
adverb
fastidiousness (fasˈtidiousness)
noun
Word origin of 'fastidious'
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈdainty
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Derived forms
adverb
fastidiousness (fasˈtidiousness)
noun
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British English: fastidious ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is fastidious, you mean that they pay great attention to detail.
...her fastidious attention to historical detail.
- American English: fastidious
- Brazilian Portuguese: meticuloso
- Chinese: 极其注重细节的
- European Spanish: exigente
- French: minutieux
- German: penibel
- Italian: pignolo
- Japanese: 細部までこだわった
- Korean: 세심한
- European Portuguese: meticuloso
- Latin American Spanish: exigente
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