fastidiousness

Roget-categorie 868

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.3. Prospective affections

#868. Fastidiousness

zelfstandig naamwoord

fastidiousness etc. adj. — nicety, hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise [Fr.], epicurism, omnia suspendens naso [Lat.].
epicure, gourmet.
[Excess of delicacy] prudery.

werkwoord

be fastidious etc. adj. — have a sweet tooth.
mince the matter — turn up one's nose at etc. (disdain) 930 — look a gift horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat^†, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal [Vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish^†, squeamish, thin-skinned — squeasy^†, queasy — hard to please, difficult to please — querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous — censorious etc. 932 — hypercritical — overcritical.

uitdrukking

noli me tangere [Lat.].

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