About The Word Preciosity
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Preciosity
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What's The Definition Of Preciosity?
[n] the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
Synonyms | Synonyms for Preciosity: Related Terms | Find terms related to Preciosity: affectation | affectedness | artfulness | artifice | artificiality | ceremonialism | elegance | euphemism | euphuism | exquisiteness | formalism | formality | Gongorism | goody-goodness | goody-goodyism | hyperelegance | legalism | manneredness | mannerism | overelaboration | overelegance | overniceness | overpreciseness | overrefinement | pedantism | pedantry | preciousness | preciseness | precisianism | pretentiousness | punctilio | punctiliousness | purism | ritualism | scrupulousness | unnaturalness See Also | affectedness Preciosity In Webster's Dictionary \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F.
pr['e]ciosit['e], OF. also precieuset['e].]
Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the
affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the
French pr['e]cieuses of the 17th century.
He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of
archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas.
\Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n. Preciousness; something precious. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. |
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