fastidious
adjective
[ faˈstɪdɪəs ]
• very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
• "she dressed with fastidious care"
Similar:
scrupulous,
punctilious,
painstaking,
meticulous,
assiduous,
sedulous,
perfectionist,
fussy,
finicky,
dainty,
over-particular,
critical,
overcritical,
hypercritical,
pedantic,
precise,
exact,
hair-splitting,
exacting,
demanding,
pass-remarkable,
nitpicking,
choosy,
picky,
pernickety,
persnickety,
nice,
overnice,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th century.
