fastidious

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• /fæsˈtɪdi.əs/
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Borrowed from Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fastīdium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux.

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: repunante — excessively particular
• Azerbaijani: vasvası — excessively particular
• Bulgarian: взискателен (vziskatelen) — excessively particular
• Bulgarian: придирчив (pridirčiv) — excessively particular
• Chinese Cantonese: 奄尖嘅 (jim1 zim1 ge3) — excessively particular
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑剔 (tiāoti) — excessively particular
• Chinese Mandarin: 苛求 (kēqiú) — excessively particular
• Chinese Mandarin: 過細 /过细 (guòxì) — excessively particular
• Cornish: denti — excessively particular
• Czech: puntíčkářský — excessively particular
• Czech: pečlivý — excessively particular
• Czech: akurátní — excessively particular
• Czech: náročný — excessively particular
• Czech: pedantský — excessively particular
• Danish: sirlig — excessively particular
• Danish: pertentlig — excessively particular
• Danish: fordringsfuld — excessively particular
• Danish: pedantisk — excessively particular
• Danish: krævende — excessively particular
• Dutch: kieskeurig — excessively particular
• Esperanto: finika — excessively particular
• Finnish: nirso — excessively particular
• Finnish: turhantarkka — excessively particular
• French: pointilleux — excessively particular
• French: minutieux — excessively particular
• German: anspruchsvoll — excessively particular
• German: akribisch — excessively particular
• German: kleinlich — excessively particular
• German: manisch — excessively particular
• German: minutiös — excessively particular
• German: pedantisch — excessively particular
• German: pingelig — excessively particular
• German: überkorrekt — excessively particular
• German: wählerisch — excessively particular
• Irish: meonúil — excessively particular
• Italian: pignolo — excessively particular
• Italian: meticoloso — excessively particular
• Japanese: 几帳面な (kichōmen-na) — excessively particular
• Māori: manaia — excessively particular
• Māori: warahoe — excessively particular
• Māori: whakatarapī — excessively particular
• Māori: mōkinokino — excessively particular
• Māori: uhupoho — excessively particular
• Māori: whakautiuti — excessively particular
• Occitan: meticulós — excessively particular
• Occitan: primejaire — excessively particular
• Occitan: menimós — excessively particular
• Occitan: espepidaire — excessively particular
• Occitan: manhac — excessively particular
• Occitan: manhagós — excessively particular
• Plautdietsch: krakjt — excessively particular
• Polish: drobiazgowy — excessively particular
• Polish: skrupulatny — excessively particular
• Portuguese: meticuloso — excessively particular
• Portuguese: minucioso — excessively particular
• Romanian: minuțios — excessively particular
• Russian: тре́бовательный (trébovatelʹnyj) — excessively particular
• Russian: привере́дливый (priverédlivyj) — excessively particular
• Russian: приди́рчивый (pridírčivyj) — excessively particular
• Russian: скрупулёзный (skrupuljóznyj) — excessively particular
• Spanish: cicatero — excessively particular
• Spanish: quisquilloso — excessively particular
• Spanish: regodeón — excessively particular
• Swedish: nogräknad — excessively particular
• Swedish: granntyckt — excessively particular
• Thai: พิถีพิถัน (pí-tǐi-pí-tǎn) — excessively particular
• Thai: จู้จี้จุกจิก — excessively particular
• Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz) — excessively particular
• Ukrainian: вибагливий (vybahlyvyj) — excessively particular
• Ukrainian: прискіпливий (pryskiplyvyj) — excessively particular
• Ukrainian: вимогливий (vymohlyvyj) — excessively particular
• Azerbaijani: vasvası — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Bulgarian: изтънчен (iztǎnčen) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Bulgarian: гнуслив (gnusliv) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Bulgarian: more appropriate would be the nouns чистник (čistnik) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Bulgarian: чистофайник (čistofajnik) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Czech: úzkostlivý — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Dutch: scrupuleus — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Esperanto: minuciosa — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Finnish: turhantarkka — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Finnish: pikkutarkka — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• French: méticuleux — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• German: pingelig — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• German: penibel — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• German: übergenau — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• German: etepetete — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Italian: meticoloso — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Italian: precisino — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Latin: fastidiosus — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Māori: whakautiuti — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Occitan: maniac — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Occitan: netejaire — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Occitan: manhac — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Occitan: manhagós — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Plautdietsch: krakjt — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Polish: pedantyczny — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Russian: брезгли́вый (brezglívyj) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Spanish: maniático de la limpieza — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Swedish: petig — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Swedish: petnoga — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Turkish: titiz — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Ottoman Turkish: تتیز (titiz) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Ukrainian: прискіпливий (pryskiplyvyj) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Ukrainian: скрупульозний (skrupulʹoznyj) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Ukrainian: ретельний (retelʹnyj) — overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness
• Azerbaijani: vasvası — difficult to please
• Bulgarian: капризен (kaprizen) — difficult to please
• Chinese Mandarin: 難取悅的 /难取悦的 (nán qǔyuè de) — difficult to please
• Danish: kræsen — difficult to please
• Dutch: veeleisend — difficult to please
• Finnish: nirso — difficult to please
• Finnish: vaativa — difficult to please
• Finnish: nirppanokkainen — difficult to please
• French: exigeant — difficult to please
• German: anspruchsvoll — difficult to please
• German: wählerisch — difficult to please
• German: kleinlich — difficult to please
• German: mäkelig — difficult to please
• German: zimperlich — difficult to please
• German: eigen — difficult to please
• German: heikel — difficult to please
• Japanese: 気難しい (kimuzukashii) — difficult to please
• Japanese: 好みのむずかしい (konomi no muzukashii) — difficult to please
• Māori: mōkinokino — difficult to please
• Occitan: exigent — difficult to please
• Occitan: refastinhós — difficult to please
• Occitan: manhac — difficult to please
• Occitan: manhagós — difficult to please
• Polish: wybredny — difficult to please
• Portuguese: exigente — difficult to please
• Romanian: cusurgiu — difficult to please
• Romanian: mofturos — difficult to please
• Russian: прихотли́вый (prixotlívyj) — difficult to please
• Spanish: exigente — difficult to please
• Spanish: escolimoso — difficult to please
• Spanish: descontentadizo — difficult to please
• Spanish: malcontentadizo — difficult to please
• Swedish: kräsen — difficult to please
• Swedish: kinkig — difficult to please
• Thai: เอาใจยาก — difficult to please
• Turkish: güçbeğenir — difficult to please
• Turkish: müşkülpesent — difficult to please
• Ukrainian: вередливий (veredlyvyj) — difficult to please