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English to English adjective
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giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness |  | Example: a fastidious and incisive intellect
fastidious about personal cleanliness
source: wordnet30
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having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | | Example: fastidious microorganisms
certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements
source: wordnet30
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Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. | | source: webster1913
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