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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
fastidious
fas·tidi·ous BrE [fæˈstɪdiəs] NAmE [fæˈstɪdiəs] adjective
1. being careful that every detail of sth is correct
Syn: ↑meticulous
•Everything was planned in fastidious detail.
•He was fastidious in his preparation for the big day.
2. (sometimes disapproving)not liking things to be dirty or untidy
•She wasn't very fastidious about personal hygiene.
Derived Words: ↑fastidiously ▪ ↑fastidiousness
Word Origin:
[fastidious fastidiously fastidiousness] late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th cent.
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