be+over-nice
121taste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. savor; sample. n. flavor; tasting, morsel, sample; predilection, relish, preference; judgment.See taste, choice. II Sense of flavor Nouns 1. taste, tastefulness; good or cultivated taste; delicacy,… …
122hair-splitting — making over nice distinctions, by 1739, from HAIR (Cf. hair) + SPLIT (Cf. split). To split hairs make over fine distinctions is first recorded 1650s, as to cut the hair. Hair also being 18c. slang for female pudendum, hair splitter was noted in… …
123fastidious — a. Squeamish, difficult, queasy, critical, dainty, over nice, over delicate, hard to please …
124fastidious — mid 15c., full of pride, from L. fastidiosus disdainful, squeamish, exacting, from fastidium loathing, squeamishness, most likely from *fastu taidiom, a compound of fastus contempt, arrogance and taedium aversion, disgust. Early use in English… …
125mincing — a. Affected, over nice …
126queasy — a. 1. Qualmish, sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit, nauseated. 2. Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over nice, delicate …
127split hairs — Refine, be over nice, affect nicety, make useless distinctions …
128refine — I. v. a. 1. Purify, clarify, fine, defecate. 2. Cultivate, polish, make elegant. II. v. n. 1. Become pure, be clarified. 2. Improve, make improvement. 3. Be over nice, affect nicety, split hairs, make useless distinctions …
