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fastidiousness
難取悅
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fas·tid·i·ous
a.
Difficult
to
please
;
delicate
to
a
fault
;
suited
with
difficulty
;
squeamish
;
as
,
a
fastidious
mind
or
ear
;
a
fastidious
appetite
.
Proud
youth
!
fastidious
of
the
lower
world
.
--
Young
.
Syn:
--
Squeamish
;
critical
;
overnice
;
difficult
;
punctilious
.
Usage:
Fastidious
,
Squeamish
.
We
call
a
person
fastidious
when
his
taste
or
feelings
are
offended
by
trifling
defects
or
errors
;
we
call
him
squeamish
when
he
is
excessively
nice
or
critical
on
minor
points
,
and
also
when
he
is
overscrupulous
as
to
questions
of
duty
.
“Whoever
examines
his
own
imperfections
will
cease
to
be
fastidious
;
whoever
restrains
his
caprice
and
scrupulosity
will
cease
to
be
squeamish
.”
--
Crabb
.
--
Fas*tid*i*ous*ly
,
adv.
--
Fas*tid*i*ous*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
fastidiousness
n
:
the
trait
of
being
meticulous
about
matters
of
taste
or
style
; "
neatness
and
fastidiousness
of
dress
"
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