A feeling of disgust, loathing, or intense displeasure, especially toward something considered lowly or disagreeable.
Direct from Latin 'fastidium,' meaning 'disgust' or 'abhorrence,' possibly derived from 'fastus' (pride or disdain) combined with a root suggesting turning away or rejecting.
This Latin word is the ancestor of our modern 'fastidious,' but it started as pure emotional disgust—imagine something so revolting that you physically turn away, and that's fastidium!
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