Her conversation is natural and reasonable, not précieuse and affected (Horace Walpole).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
cieuse — pré·cieuse; … English syllables
pré — pré·cieuse; pré·cis; pré·pa·ra·teur; pré·ve·nance; pré·cieux; … English syllables
précieuse — pré·cieuse … English syllables
Isidore Plaisant — (Bruxelles 1796 10 mai 1836) fut le premier chef de l administration de la Sûreté publique de Belgique, service qui groupait à l époque tant la Sûreté de l État que la Police des Étrangers. Il fut aussi un haut magistrat à la Cour de Cassation.… … Wikipédia en Français
nice-nelly — adj 1. prudish, prim, prissy, Inf. stuffy, Inf. old maidish; narrow, censorious, puritanical, Victorian, Inf. goody goody, nice, Inf. too nice for words. See nice(def.6). 2. euphemistic, overnice, overdelicate, precious, pre cieuse, formalistic;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Precious — Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or worth;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Precious metals — Precious Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Precious stones — Precious Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
