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fastidious

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRESAT
DEFINITION

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

WEBSTER'S 1913

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

ETYMOLOGY

Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium - disgust

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

Do you know, Algy, the most expensive position in the world is a widow's." "You needn't be one very long," growled he. "I'm so wretchedly fastidious, don't you see?

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

More generally, enriched media is an agar variety that is infused with the necessary nutrients required by fastidious organisms to grow.

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