Adjective: fastidious fa'sti-dee-us
- Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
"a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
- (microbiology) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
"fastidious microorganisms";
- exacting
See also: choosey, choosy, dainty, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice [archaic], old-maidish, old-womanish, overnice, particular, pernickety [Brit, informal], persnickety [N. Amer, informal], picky, prissy, refined, squeamish, tidy
Antonym: unfastidious
Encyclopedia: Fastidious