excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"[syn: dainty ]

adjective

euphemistic , fastidious , meticulous , particular , persnickety , prudish , scrupulous , squeamish

noun

correctitude , fastidiousness , finicality , meticulosity , overnicety , persnicketiness , scrupulosity