Both Uses of
fastidious
in
Moby Dick
- Wherefore, it seems to me you had best not be too fastidious in your curiosity touching this Leviathan.†
Chpt 55-57
- Only the most unprejudiced of men like Stubb, nowadays partake of cooked whales; but the Esquimaux are not so fastidious.
Chpt 64-66 *fastidious = excessively concerned with matters of taste
Definition:
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(fastidious) giving careful attention to detail
or:
excessively concerned with cleanliness or matters of taste