fastidiousness
    n 1: the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or
         style; "neatness and fastidiousness of dress"

Fastidious \Fas*tid"i*ous\, a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr.
   fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of
   uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.]
   Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with
   difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a
   fastidious appetite.
   [1913 Webster]

         Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. --Young.

   Syn: Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious.
        

   Usage: Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious
          when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling
          defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is
          excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also
          when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty.
          "Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to
          be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and
          scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish." --Crabb. --
          Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n.
          Fastigiate