Fastidious

adjective/fæsˈtɪdi.əs/character

Definition

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; very concerned about matters of cleanliness.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fastīdium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux.

Synonyms

exacting, fussy, meticulous, niggly, pernickety

In a sentence

A fastidious editor who catches every misplaced comma.

Fastidiousness