PRECIOSITY


Meaning of PRECIOSITY in English

/presh'ee os"i tee/ , n. , pl. preciosities .

fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.

[ 1350-1400; ME preciousite preciosite pretiositas. See PRECIOUS, -ITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .