fastidious

• adj.気難しい；要求が多い、喜ばせるのが難しい；（微生物などが）複雑な栄養素を必要とする

ラテン語のfastusから、高慢な、高慢な、軽蔑的な。原語の意味は、高慢な、高慢すぎる。その延長線上に関連語がある。

fastidious (adj.)

mid-15c., "full of pride," from Latin fastidiosus "disdainful, squeamish, exacting," from fastidium "loathing, squeamishness; dislike, aversion; excessive nicety," which is of uncertain origin; perhaps from *fastu-taidiom, a compound of fastus "contempt, arrogance, pride," and taedium "aversion, disgust." Fastus is possibly from PIE *bhars- (1) "projection, bristle, point," on the notion of "prickliness" (Watkins) or "a semantic shift from 'top' to 'haughtiness' which is conceivable, but the u-stem is not attested independently" [de Vaan], who adds that "fastidium would be a tautology." Early use in English was both in passive and active senses. Meaning "squeamish, over-nice" in English emerged 1610s. Related: Fastidiously; fastidiousness.

1. Be particularly fastidious about washing your hands before touching food.

食べ物に触れる前に特に手を洗うことに少しも油断してはいけない。

2.Everything was planned in fastidious detail.

いずれも一糸乱れず計画した。

3.She is too fastidious about her food or clothing.

彼女は食いしん坊だ。

4.He was fastidious about his appearance.

彼は非常に身だしなみに凝っている。

5.He was the picture of fastidious comfort.

一目でわかるように、彼の生活は快適で洗練されている。