🔤 Fastidious (Adjective)

IPA: //fæˈstɪdiəs//

✨ Use fastidious when describing someone whose attention to detail borders on obsession—whether admirable or annoying.

🧠 Meaning

Very attentive to detail; hard to please due to high standards.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 The chef was fastidious about every ingredient that went into his signature dish.

🔹 She kept her desk in fastidious order, with every pen and paper perfectly aligned.

📜 Word Origin

From Latin fastidiosus (“disdainful, squeamish”), from fastidium (“disgust, aversion”).

💡 Did You Know?

Fastidious can be praise for meticulous care—or criticism for nitpicking perfectionism.

🏷️ Related Words

#meticulous #fussy #particular #precise #exacting #perfectionist

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