fastidious
adjective
1. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
- a fastidious and incisive intellect
- fastidious about personal cleanliness
Similar word(s): choosey, choosy, dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish, finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky, meticulous, pernickety, persnickety, refined, tidy
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures
- fastidious microorganisms
Similar word(s): exacting