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fastidious (adjective):
1a : showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care
b : reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude
c : having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please
2 having complex nutritional requirements fastidious microorganisms
3 archaic : scornful
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Fastidious comes from Latin fastidium, meaning “aversion” or “disgust.” Fastidium is believed to be a combination of fastus, meaning “arrogance,” and taedium, “irksomeness” or “disgust.” (Taedium is also the source of tedium and tedious.) In keeping with its Latin roots, fastidious once meant “haughty,” “disgusting,” and “disagreeable,” but the word is now most often applied to people who are very meticulous or overly difficult to please, or to work which reflects a demanding or precise attitude.
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