PRECIEUX

Meaning of PRECIEUX in English

Pronunciation: pr ā - ' sy

Variant: or pré · cieuse \ - ' syz \

Function: adjective

Etymology: French précieux, masculine, & précieuse, feminine, literally, precious, from Middle French precios

Date: 1727

: PRECIOUS 3

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PRÉCIEUX — or précieuse adjective Etymology: French ~, masculine, & précieuse, feminine, literally, precious, from Middle French precios Date: 1727 precious 3
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRÉCIEUX — I. ]ə, ]ər(.), ]ə̄ adjective or pré·cieuse ]ə(r)z, ]ə̄z Etymology: French précieux, masculine, literally, precious (from Old French precios, precieus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRÉCIEUX — /pray'see oo"/ ; Fr. /prdday syue"/ , adj., n., pl. précieux /-see ooz"/ ; Fr. /-syue"/ . adj. 1. (of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRÉCIEUX — adjective or pré·cieuse -ˈsyœz Etymology: French précieux, masculine, & précieuse, feminine, literally, precious, from Middle French precios Date: 1727 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRECIEUX — [pre.cieux] or pre.cieuse adj [F precieux, masc., & precieuse, fem., lit., precious, fr. MF precios] (1727): precious 3
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRECIEUX — Function: adjective Synonyms: PRECIOUS 4, affected, alembicated, chichi, la-di-da, overnice, overrefined
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PRÉCIEUX — adjective Synonyms: precious 4, affected, alembicated, chichi, la-di-da, overnice, overrefined
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PRECIEUX — изысканный, изощренный (о слоге, одежде) манерный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRÉCIEUX — a 1> изысканный, изощрённый ( о слоге, одежде ) 2> манерный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRÉCIEUX — a 1) изысканный, изощрённый ( о слоге, одежде ) 2) манерный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRÉCIEUX — a 1> изысканный, изощрённый ( о слоге, одежде ) 2> манерный
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRECIEUX — изысканный, изощренный (о слоге, одежде) манерный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRÉCIEUSE — adjective see: précieux
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRÉCIEUSE — see précieux
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNNATURAL
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STUDIED — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, advised, affected, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, artificial, calculated, conscious, considered, contemplated, contrived, …
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PURIST
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PRETENTIOUS — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, affected, ambitious, arrogant, artificial, arty, aureate, bedizened, big, big-sounding, bombastic, chichi, …
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PRECISIAN — Synonyms and related words : Babbitt, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, bluestocking, bourgeois, burgher, captious critic, compulsive character, conformer, conformist, …
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PRECIOUS — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, absolute, admired, adored, affected, alembicated, angel, arrant, artful, artificial, babe, baby, baby-doll, …
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PEDANT — Synonyms and related words : Babbitt, Gongorist, Marinist, Middle American, Philistine, anal character, bluestocking, bourgeois, burgher, compulsive character, conformer, conformist, …
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OVERREFINED — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, allergic, anaphylactic, apparently sound, artificial, casuistic, chichi, colorable, deceptive, delicate, disingenuous, …
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OVERNICE — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, artificial, chichi, elaborate, elaborated, elegant, euphemistic, euphuistic, exquisite, formalistic, goody good-good, …
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OVERELABORATE — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, affected, arabesque, artificial, baroque, bedizened, big-sounding, busy, chichi, convoluted, declamatory, elaborate, …
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MANNERED — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, allusive, artificial, behaved, behavioral, behaviored, behaviorist, behavioristic, conscious, contrived, demeanored, elaborate, …
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FORMALIST — Synonyms and related words : Babbitt, High-Churchist, Holy Willie, Joseph Surface, Mawworm, Middle American, Pecksniff, Pharisee, Philistine, Sabbatarian, Tartuffe, Vicar …
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ELABORATE — Synonyms and related words : Babylonian, Byzantine, Corinthian, Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, adorn, affected, amplify, arabesque, artificial, assemble, assiduous, awe-inspiring, awful, …
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CHICHI
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BLUESTOCKING — Synonyms and related words : bibliophagic, book-fed, book-learned, book-loving, book-minded, book-read, book-wise, bookish, booky, donnish, formalist, inkhorn, literary, pedant, pedantic, …
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ARTIFICIAL
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AFFECTED
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PRECIOUS — adj. Function: adjective 1 of such great value that a suitable price is hard to estimate FF1C; a precious twelfth …
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