What is the meaning of fastidious?

adjective

  • Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness.
    • usage: "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
  • Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures.
    • usage: "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
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