fastidiousness Copy link Outline 1. ēlĕgantia (rare in this sense)2. fastīdium3. mōrōsĭtas • fastidiousness: 1. ēlĕgantia (rare in this sense): I am tormented with the fear that his f. will scorn my charms, metus me lacerat, ne ejus el. meam speciem spernat, Pl. 2. fastīdium: to be altogether unacquainted with our own poets is a mark either of the most dainty f., or etc., rudem esse omnino in nostris poetis est aut f. delicatissimi aut ..., Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 5: to endure the f. of a disdainful spectator, spectatoris fastidia ferre superbi, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 215. 3. mōrōsĭtas: by affectation and over-f. he obscured his style, affectatione et m. nimia obscurabat stilum, Suet. Tib. 70.