Daily Archives: 26 March 2012

Fastidieux, -ieuse Have just winkled out another ‘false friend’. From the context I could tell that ‘fastidieux’ did not mean fastidious. No; it means ‘tedious’ ‘tiresome’ ‘boring’. ‘Fastidious’ translates as ‘minutieux’ ‘méticuleux’ ‘tatillon’ ‘pointilleux’: Fastidious work: Le travail minutieux A … Continue reading →