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 matter —
turn up one's nose at
etc.
(disdain)
930 —
look 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-skinned —
squeasy†,
queasy —
hard to please,
difficult to please —
querulous,
particular,
straitlaced,
scrupulous —
censorious
etc.
932 —
hypercritical —
overcritical.
phrase
noli me tangere [Lat.].
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