Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperfastidious
Literary usage of Hyperfastidious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plots and Personalities: A New Method of Testing and Training the Creative by Edwin Emery Slosson, June Etta Downey (1922)
"Thyme—a very, very good man, hyperfastidious, affianced to No. 3 until her
confession of school-girl ..."
2. The Psychology of Marriage by Walter Matthew Gallichan (1918)
"~JTo doubt many sensitive women, with false or hyperfastidious views of sex
functions, find some difficulty in adjusting their preconceptions to the new ..."
3. Days of the Past: A Medley of Memories by Alexander Innes Shand (1905)
"... the Cruncher was a fine gentleman and hyperfastidious. Possibly, too, his
conservative sentimentality saw something of sacrilege in turning Crockford's ..."
4. The Cyclopaedia of Social Usage: Manners and Customs of the Twentieth Century by Helen Lefferts Roberts (1913)
"... before presenting a friend of either sex to a woman she knows but slightly,
or to an individual who is very busy, very exclusive, or hyperfastidious. ..."
5. Episodes of French History: During the Consulate and the First Empire by Pardoe (Julia) (1859)
"Circumstances did not permit me to be hyperfastidious, however; and I determined
to request of the latter that he would procure for me a private interview ..."
6. Putnam's Handbook of Etiquette: A Cyclopaedia of Social Usage, Giving by Helen Lefferts Roberts (1913)
"... before presenting a friend of either sex to a woman she knows but slightly,
or to an individual who is very busy, very exclusive, or hyperfastidious. ..."
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