pré|cieuse

pré|cieuse
pré|cieuse «pray SYERZ», noun, adjective. French.
–n.
1. a woman who affects too much refinement, as of taste or language.
2. (literally) precious.
–adj.
overrefined; precious: »

Her conversation is natural and reasonable, not précieuse and affected (Horace Walpole).


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