Fastidious

a.

1.

Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite. Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. - Young.

Adj.	1.	fastidious - giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" Antonyms: unfastidious - not fastidious; not concerned with cleanliness; "unfastidious in her dress"
	2.	fastidious - 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 Antonyms: unfastidious - not exacting in nutritional requirements

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