Fastidiousness
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being fastidious. uncountable
"I told him of the night I had seen her standing with bare feet in the garden, on the frosted lawn.Yes, he said, that was the sort of thing she did. But she had a fastidiousness, a certain personal reticence, that he respected. He never intruded upon it."
- 2 the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style wordnet
Example
More examples"I told him of the night I had seen her standing with bare feet in the garden, on the frosted lawn.Yes, he said, that was the sort of thing she did. But she had a fastidiousness, a certain personal reticence, that he respected. He never intruded upon it."
Etymology
From fastidious + -ness.
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