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Definition of preciosity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

preciosity

noun
 
/ˌpreʃiˈɒsəti/,
 
/ˌpresiˈɒsəti/
 
/ˌpreʃiˈɑːsəti/,
 
/ˌpresiˈɑːsəti/
[uncountable] (disapproving)
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  1. the fact of being precious synonym preciousness
    Word Originmid 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.
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