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
Example sentences :
  • 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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