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fastidiousness

fastidiousness noun: the quality of being fastidious.

Noun

fastidiousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being fastidious.
    • 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.1952, Daphne Du Maurier, “Monte Verità”, in The Apple Tree
    • A sense of fastidiousness made the doctor choose the left side, near the door, when he slept in it himself with Clara.1974, Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul, New York: Pocket Books, page 30

fastidiousness meaning in Tamil

fastidiousness in Tamil

நட்டணை, நொரநாட்டியம், நுண்ணயும் எதிர்பார்ப்பு, நடலம், நோடாலம்

Origin of fastidiousness

From fastidious + -ness.

Questions about fastidiousness

What does fastidiousness mean?
Fastidiousness means the quality of being fastidious.
What is fastidiousness in Tamil?
Fastidiousness in Tamil is நட்டணை, நொரநாட்டியம், நுண்ணயும் எதிர்பார்ப்பு. See Fastidiousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fastidiousness?
Fastidiousness is a noun.

Words near fastidiousness in the dictionary

  1. fastidiosities
  2. fastidiosity
  3. fastidious
  4. fastidious organism
  5. fastidiously
  6. fastidiousness
  7. fastidity
  8. fastidium
  9. fastigia
  10. fastigial
  11. fastigiate

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