Synonyms for fastidiousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fa-stid-ee-uh s, fuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : fæˈstɪd i əs, fə- |
Définition of fastidiousness
Origin :- mid-15c., "full of pride," from Latin fastidiosus "disdainful, squeamish, exacting," from fastidium "loathing, squeamishness," most likely from *fastu-taidiom, a compound of fastus "contempt, arrogance" and taedium "aversion, disgust." Early use in English was both in passive and active senses. Meaning "squeamish, over-nice" emerged in English 1610s. Related: Fastidiously; fastidiousness.
- noun thoroughness
- Heyst's dread arose, not out of shame or timidity, but from his fastidiousness.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- The attitude of warding off reveals itself as fastidiousness and as bashfulness.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- But all the rich tremble before the fastidiousness of the poor.
- Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton
- Then I found you, Elfride, and I felt for the first time that my fastidiousness was a blessing.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Too much attention to dress and appearance is fastidiousness.
- Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
- Fastidiousness is slavery to this or that particular style or fashion.
- Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
- I would not permit these animals to laugh at any fastidiousness of mine.
- Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
- It was the first time she had thought of his past with a sort of hurt pride and fastidiousness.
- Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
- This reserve and fastidiousness were something rare in a pioneer community.
- Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
- The excess, into which she never fell, might have been a sort of fastidiousness.
- Extract from : « Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) » by Sutherland Menzies
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