Pre`ci*os"i*ty (?), n. Preciousness; something precious. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. © Webster 1913
Pre`ci*os"i*ty (?), n.; pl. - ties (#). [F. préciosité, OF. also precieuseté.] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French précieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.
L. Douglas. © Webster 1913
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