preciosity
About 0.04 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The quality of being overly refined in an affected way (often used to describe speech or writing, but also visual art and dress).
- noun An instance of preciosity; something that is overly refined in an affected way.
- noun The quality of being precious (of high value or worth).
- noun Something of high value or worth.
Similar words
overpreciseness pretentiosity punctiliosity nicety pretentiousness particularity purtiness pretensiveness prissiness overcriticalness
Often followed by
of and in which is that or to was
Word family
preciosities
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