Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

868. Fastidiousness — N. fastidiousness &c adj.; nicety,

hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise [Fr.], epicurism, omnia suspendens naso [Lat.]. epicure, gourmet. [Excess of delicacy] prudery. V. be fastidious &c adj.; have a sweet tooth. mince the matter; turn up one's nose at &c (disdain) 930; look a gift horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun. Adj. fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat†, finical, finicky, demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal [Vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish†, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy†, queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious &c 932; hypercritical; overcritical. Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.].