Part 4190

<h1>Fastidiosity</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas*tid`i*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fastidiousness; squeamishness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Fastidious</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas*tid"i*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fastidiosus</ets> disdainful, fr. <ets>fastidium</ets> loathing, aversion, perh. fr. <ets>fastus</ets> arrogance (of uncertain origin) + <ets>taedium</ets> loathing. Cf. <er>Tedious</er>, <er>Fash</er>.]</ety> <def>Difficult to please; delicate to fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; <as>as, a <ex>fastidious</ex> mind or ear; a <ex>fastidious</ex> appetite.</as></def>

<blockquote>Proud youth ! <b>fastidious</b> of the lower world. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.</syn> -- <usage><er>Fastidious</er>, <er>Squeamish</er>. We call a person <i>fastidious</i> when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him <i>squeamish</i> when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. "Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be <i>fastidious</i>; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be <i>squeamish</i>." <i>Crabb</i>.</usage>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fas*tid"i*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fas*tid"i*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fastigiate, Fastigiated</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw><hw>Fas*tig"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fas*tig"i*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fastigium</ets> gable end, top, height, summit.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Narrowing towards the top.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.</def>

<h1>Fastish</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fast"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Fastly</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fast"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Firmly; surely.</def>

<h1>Fastness</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fast"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>f\'91stnes</ets>, fr. <ets>f\'91st</ets> fast. See <er>Fast</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.</def>

<blockquote>All . . . places of <b>fastness</b> laid open. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; <as>as, the enemy retired to their <ex>fastnesses</ex> in the mountains</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Conciseness of style.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ascham.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The state of being fast or swift.</def>

<h1>Fastuous</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fas"tu*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fastuosus</ets>, from <ets>fastus</ets> haughtiness, pride: cf. F. <ets>fastueux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Proud; haughty; disdainful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Barrow</i>. <wordforms><wf>Fas"tu*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Fat</h1> <Xpage=545>