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fastidiousness

Roget category 868

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.3. Prospective affections

#868. Fastidiousness

noun

fastidiousness etc. adj. — nicety, hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise [Fr.], epicurism, omnia suspendens naso [Lat.].
epicure, gourmet.
[Excess of delicacy] prudery.

verb

be fastidious etc. adj. — have a sweet tooth.
mince the matterturn up one's nose at etc. (disdain) 930look a gift horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun.

adjective

fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal [Vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish, squeamish, thin-skinnedsqueasy, queasyhard to please, difficult to pleasequerulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulouscensorious etc. 932hypercriticalovercritical.

phrase

noli me tangere [Lat.].

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