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eigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anal adj Relating to or involving the anus.
  • fastidious adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  • fussy adjective Overly concerned with small details; hard to satisfy.
  • innate adj Present from birth; natural rather than learned.
  • own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.
  • particular adj Specific; referring to one particular thing rather than things in general.
  • pernickety adj (informal) Very particular about small details, often more than necessary.
  • proper adj Right, fitting, or appropriate for a given purpose or situation.

Senses

eigen is used for these senses in English:

  • anal (psychology, also vulgar informal) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • fastidious Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
  • in one's own right As a consequence of one's own skill, qualification or status, rather than that of another.
  • own Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
  • particular (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
  • particular Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
  • proper Belonging to oneself or itself; own. [14th c.]

anal — full definition

  1. adj Relating to or involving the anus.
  2. adj Excessively focused on neatness, order, or small details; fussy and controlling (informal, short for "anal-retentive").

fastidious — full definition

  1. adj Extremely careful about small details, especially cleanliness and order; hard to please.
  2. adj (biology) Needing very specific conditions or nutrients to grow, and therefore difficult to culture.
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