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fastidious

Adjective

∙ Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
∙ Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
∙ Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

BABYLON ENGLISH
fastidious adj.
hard to please, critical; choosy; overly refined; painstaking, paying immense attention to minute details

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fastidious
fastidious
\fas*tid"i*ous\ (?), a. [l. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. cf. tedious, fash.] 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.

WORDNET 2.0
fastidious
Adjective
1. giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
(antonym) unfastidious
(similar) choosy, choosey
(see-also) refined
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
(synonym) exacting
(antonym) unfastidious
(classification) microbiology

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fastidious organism
A fastidious organism is any organism that has a complex nutritional requirement. In other words, a fastidious organism will only grow when specific nutrients are included in its diet. The more restrictive term fastidious microorganism is often used in the field of microbiology to describe microorganisms that will grow only if special nutrients are present in their culture medium. An example of a fastidious bacteria is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which requires blood or hemoglobin and several amino acids and vitamins in order to grow. Other examples include Campylobacter spp. and Helicobacter spp, which are capnophilic -require elevated CO2- among other requirements.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

fastidious

Adjective

∙ Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
∙ Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
∙ Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

BABYLON ENGLISH
fastidious adj.
hard to please, critical; choosy; overly refined; painstaking, paying immense attention to minute details

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fastidious
fastidious
\fas*tid"i*ous\ (?), a. [l. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. cf. tedious, fash.] 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.

WORDNET 2.0
fastidious
Adjective
1. giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
(antonym) unfastidious
(similar) choosy, choosey
(see-also) refined
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
(synonym) exacting
(antonym) unfastidious
(classification) microbiology

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fastidious organism
A fastidious organism is any organism that has a complex nutritional requirement. In other words, a fastidious organism will only grow when specific nutrients are included in its diet. The more restrictive term fastidious microorganism is often used in the field of microbiology to describe microorganisms that will grow only if special nutrients are present in their culture medium. An example of a fastidious bacteria is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which requires blood or hemoglobin and several amino acids and vitamins in order to grow. Other examples include Campylobacter spp. and Helicobacter spp, which are capnophilic -require elevated CO2- among other requirements.
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