Fastidiousness
252. Fastidiousness (See also Punctuality.)
- Fogg, Phileas entire life tuned to precise schedule. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days ]
- Linkinwater, Tim handles minutest details with order and precision. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby ]
- Morris the cat finicky eater; eats only “9-Lives.” [TV: Wallechinsky, 129]
- Steva Jenufa’s new scar cools his adulterous ardor. [Czech Opera: Janacek, Jenufa, Westerman, 407]
- Unger, Felix for him, godliness is next to cleanliness. [Am. Lit.: The Odd Couple ; Am. Cinema: The Odd Couple; TV : “The Odd Couple” in Terrace, II, 160–161]
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