 fastidious |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness | |
| Examples: | "a fastidious and incisive intellect" "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
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| Related terms: | unfastidious finical choosy dainty pernickety meticulous old-maidish meticulous refined tidy | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | |
| Synonyms: | exacting | |
| Examples: | "fastidious microorganisms" "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" |
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| Related terms: | unfastidious microbiology | |
| Similar spelling: |
fastidiously factitious factoid |
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