fas´tu|ous|ly — fas|tu|ous «FAS chu uhs», adjective. haughty; arrogant; ostentatious: »Also to be cleaned by autumn are the three long, richly pilastered, and fastuous garden façades of the Palais Royal (New Yorker). ╂[< Latin fastuōsus < fastus… … Useful english dictionary
fas´tu|ous|ness — fas|tu|ous «FAS chu uhs», adjective. haughty; arrogant; ostentatious: »Also to be cleaned by autumn are the three long, richly pilastered, and fastuous garden façades of the Palais Royal (New Yorker). ╂[< Latin fastuōsus < fastus… … Useful english dictionary
fas — de·fas·sa; fas; fas·ces; fas·cet; fas·cia; fas·cial; fas·ci·ate; fas·ci·a·tion; fas·ci·cle; fas·ci·cled; fas·cic·u·lar; fas·cic·u·late; fas·cic·u·la·tion; fas·ci·cule; fas·cic·u·lus; fas·ci·nate; fas·ci·nat·ed·ly; fas·ci·nat·ing·ly;… … English syllables
fas|tid´i|ous|ness — fas|tid|i|ous «fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. hard to please, often because one is dainty in taste or easily disgusted; extremely refined or critical: »a fastidious dresser, a fastidious eater. SYNONYM(S): squeamish, overnice. ╂[< Latin… … Useful english dictionary
fas|tid´i|ous|ly — fas|tid|i|ous «fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. hard to please, often because one is dainty in taste or easily disgusted; extremely refined or critical: »a fastidious dresser, a fastidious eater. SYNONYM(S): squeamish, overnice. ╂[< Latin… … Useful english dictionary
fas|tid|i|ous — «fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. hard to please, often because one is dainty in taste or easily disgusted; extremely refined or critical: »a fastidious dresser, a fastidious eater. SYNONYM(S): squeamish, overnice. ╂[< Latin fastīdiōsus <… … Useful english dictionary
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un´fas|tid´i|ous|ness — un|fas|tid|i|ous «UHN fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. not fastidious; easily pleased: »Irony, indignation, amusement, an unfastidious acceptance of people all these…make up this very personal account (Manchester Guardian Weekly).… … Useful english dictionary
un|fas|tid|i|ous — «UHN fas TIHD ee uhs», adjective. not fastidious; easily pleased: »Irony, indignation, amusement, an unfastidious acceptance of people all these…make up this very personal account (Manchester Guardian Weekly). –un´fas|tid´i|ous|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
ne|far´i|ous|ness — ne|far|i|ous «nih FAIR ee uhs», adjective. very wicked; villainous: »a nefarious scheme. SYNONYM(S): heinous, atrocious, infamous. ╂[< Latin nefārius (with English ous) < nefās < ne not + fās right; (originally) divine decree < fārī… … Useful english dictionary