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preciosity
[ presh-ee-os-i-tee ]
noun
, plural pre·ci·os·i·ties.
- fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
preciosity
/ ˌprɛʃɪˈɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- fastidiousness or affectation, esp in speech or manners
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preciosity1
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Example Sentences
But what exasperated Punch most of all was the decadent preciosity of the irregulars who espoused the cause of the New Womanhood.
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His dramatic works, though effective on the stage, are disfigured by extravagant incidents and preciosity of diction.
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Lockhart hated all affectation and “preciosity,” of which the new book was not destitute.
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It is only that, in seeking to compensate himself for his infecundity, he has fallen into the deep sea of preciosity.
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Preciosity and artificiality reach their height in Arnaut's poems, which are, for that reason, excessively difficult.
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