Fastidious

/fas-TID-ee-us/

नुक्ताचीन (nuktacheen) / बारीकी पसंद

★★★★★ Intermediate Literary

Meanings

  1. Very attentive to detail and accuracy
  2. Excessively particular or demanding
  3. Hard to please

Example Sentences

  • "The fastidious editor caught errors that three proofreaders had missed."
  • "She was fastidious about cleanliness and insisted on sanitizing everything."
  • "The fastidious chef selected only the freshest ingredients for the biryani."

Etymology

From Latin 'fastidiosus' (disdainful, squeamish), from 'fastidium' (loathing, disgust), from 'fastus' (arrogance, contempt) + 'taedium' (weariness). Originally negative, now often means admirably thorough.

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