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- [fa-stid-ee-uh s, fuh-]
- /fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fa-stid-ee-uh s, fuh-]
- /fæˈstɪd i əs, fə-/
Definitions of overfastidious word
- adjective overfastidious excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater. 1
- adjective overfastidious requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. 1
- noun overfastidious Excessively fastidious. 1
- adjective overfastidious excessively fastidious 0
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Origin of overfastidious
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin fastīdiōsus squeamish, equivalent to fastīdi(um) lack of appetite, disgust, perhaps by syncope of *fastutīdium (fastu-, combining form of fastus pride, conceit + -tīdium combining form of taedium tedium) + -ōsus -ous
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Parts of speech for Overfastidious
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overfastidious popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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adjective overfastidious
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- choosy — Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality.
- conscientious — Someone who is conscientious is very careful to do their work properly.
- discriminating — to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.
Antonyms for overfastidious
adjective overfastidious
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- uncritical — not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader.
- unscrupulous — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
- undemanding — requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due: a demanding teacher.
- unfussy — full of details, especially in excess: His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story.
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