fastidious

Meaning

Adjective

• Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
• Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
• Difficult to please; quick to find fault.

Origin

• From Latin fastīdiōsus ("passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome"), from fastīdium, perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus + taedium. Cf. French fastidieux.