fastidious
adjective
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please.
fastidiousness
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a word derived from
fastidious.
Example Sentences
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My new fastidiousness is a surprise side effect of postretirement downsizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The overwhelming public perception of OCD is that it is an obsession with cleaning, tidying and symmetry, a fastidiousness seen in characters like Monica Geller from Friends.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Fans and scholars have retrospectively diagnosed the character as being on the spectrum, and you can easily find essays and discussions as to whether Poirot’s fastidiousness at least borders on OCD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
They probably wouldn’t equal Mr. DeMarco’s stolid fastidiousness, but they could try.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
She remembers her husband’s fastidiousness, his war against germs.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
