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
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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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