PRÉCIEUSE


Meaning of PRÉCIEUSE in English

(ˈ)prās|y]ə(r)z, |prāsē|(y)], ]ə̄z noun

( plural précieuses “\)

Etymology: French, from précieuse, adjective

: an affected woman of polite society ; especially : one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century

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