kieskeurig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- choosy adjective Careful and selective about what you pick, wanting things to match your exact tastes or standards.
- fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- fussy adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.
- quaint adjective Attractively unusual or old-fashioned, especially in a charming way.
Senses
kieskeurig is used for these senses in English:
- fastidious Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
- quaint (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th–19th c.]
fastidious — full definition
- adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
- adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.
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