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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