PRECIOSITY


Meaning of PRECIOSITY in English

/ ˌpreʃiˈɒsɪti; ˌpresi-; NAmE -ˈɑːs-/ noun

[ U ] ( disapproving ) the quality of being precious (5)

SYN preciousness

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: suggested by French préciosité , a sense derived from Molière's Les Précieuses Ridicules (1659), a comedy in which ladies going to the literary salons of Paris were satirized.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.