— fastidiously , adv. — fastidiousness , n.
/fa stid"ee euhs, feuh-/ , adj.
1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
[ 1375-1425; late ME fastidiosus squeamish, equiv. to fastidi ( um ) lack of appetite, disgust, perh. by syncope of * fastutidium ( fastu-, comb. form of fastus pride, conceit + -tidium comb. form of taedium TEDIUM) + -osus -OUS ]
Syn. 1. See particular .