Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being fastidious.
A sense of fastidiousness made the doctor choose the left side, near the door, when he slept in it himself with Clara.
1974, Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul, New York: Pocket Books, page 301 more example
I told him of the night I had seen her standing with bare feet in the garden, on the frosted lawn.Yes, he said, that was the sort of thing she did. But she had a fastidiousness, a certain personal reticence, that he respected. He never intruded upon it.
1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
German Pingeligkeit, Kleinlichkeit
- Pingeligkeitquality of being fastidious
- Kleinlichkeitquality of being fastidious
- Pedanteriequality of being fastidious
- Zimperlichkeitquality of being fastidious
- Pingeligkeitquality of being fastidious
Greek ακριβολογία
- ακριβολογία (akrivología)quality of being fastidious
Icelandic gikksháttur
- gikkshátturquality of being fastidious
Irish beadaíocht, beaichte
- beadaíochtquality of being fastidious
- beaichtequality of being fastidious
- consaeitquality of being fastidious
- nósúlachtquality of being fastidious
Lithuanian smulkmeniškùmas
- smulkmeniškùmasquality of being fastidious
Polish drobiazgowość, skrupulatność
- drobiazgowośćquality of being fastidious
- skrupulatnośćquality of being fastidious
Cite this entry
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