fastidious meaning and definition

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FASTIDIOUS adjective

Definition of fastidious (adjective)

giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
- "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
- antonym: unfastidious
having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
- synonyms: exacting
- antonym: unfastidious

Source: Princeton University Wordnet