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(adjective) Very attentive to detail; hard to please.
He was fastidious about cleanliness and reorganized the desk every day.
Fun Fact
Fastidious once had a negative connotation, implying someone overly fussy or snobbish. Today, it’s often admired in chefs, designers, and editors who demand precision. It’s also a favorite word for describing perfectionists—both lovingly and critically.
wend
(verb) To travel in a slow, purposeful, or indirect way.
They wended their way through the hills, stopping to take in every view.
Old English wendan, meaning “to turn” or “go,” originally used to describe physical and metaphorical journeys.
Fun Fact
Wend is one of those elegant, old-fashioned words that shows up in literature and poetic travel writing. It suggests more than just movement—it implies a journey that unfolds intentionally, even if slowly or circuitously. Though rarely used in speech today, you’ll still find it in books or historical dramas, giving a sense of timeless wandering—like “he wended his way through the mist.”