hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise [Fr.],
epicurism, omnia suspendens naso [Lat.].
epicure, gourmet.
[Excess of delicacy] prudery.
V. be fastidious &c adj.; have a sweet tooth.
mince the matter; turn up one's nose at &c (disdain) 930; look a
gift horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun.
Adj. fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat†, finical, finicky, demanding,
meticulous, exacting, strict, anal [Vulg.], difficult, dainty,
lickerish†, squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy†, queasy; hard to please,
difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous;
censorious &c 932; hypercritical; overcritical.
Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.].