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preciosity |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preciosity \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preciosity \Pre`ci*os"i*ty\, n. Preciousness; something precious. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: preciosity n : the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
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