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fastidious definition

fas·tidi·ous (fa stidē əs, fə-)

adjective

  1. not easy to please; very critical or discriminating
  2. refined in a too dainty or oversensitive way, so as to be easily disgusted

Etymology: ME < L fastidiosus < fastidium, a loathing, disgust < fastus, disdain, contempt, pride (< ? IE base *bhars-, projection, point, bristle) + taedium: see tedium

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