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Definitions for: Preciosity [n] the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
See Also: affectedness
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