Definition of preciosity in English:

preciosity

noun ˌprɛʃɪˈɒsɪtiˌprɛʃiˈɑsədi

mass noun

Excessive refinement in art, music, or language.
she uses dialect to create a poetry that is free of highbrow preciosity
Example sentencesExamples
- This earlier reading had been grounded in a concern that the use of ideas ‘borrowed’ from other disciplines might make poetry ‘dependent on intellectual fashions and encourage preciosity.’
- They are related to similarly proportioned glassware made in the 1890s, but the delicate tints and precarious attenuation are markers of preciosity and refinement.
- The wit, light approach and mastery of touch, scale and color balance the figurines’ rather foppish preciosity.
- All of this has saddled art songs with a reputation for preciosity and snobbishness.
- The bijou effect of the original could easily translate into unwitting preciosity, and one appreciates the translator's wariness of plangent excess.

Origin

Mid 19th century: suggested by French préciosité, a sense derived from Molière's Les Précieuses Ridicules (1659), a comedy in which ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris were satirized.

Rhymes

anfractuosity, animosity, atrocity, bellicosity, curiosity, fabulosity, ferocity, generosity, grandiosity, impecuniosity, impetuosity, jocosity, luminosity, monstrosity, nebulosity, pomposity, ponderosity, porosity, precocity, reciprocity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, sumptuosity, velocity, verbosity, virtuosity, viscosity

Definition of preciosity in US English:

preciosity

nounˌpreSHēˈäsədēˌprɛʃiˈɑsədi

Overrefinement in art, music, or language, especially in the choice of words.
（艺术、音乐或语言，尤指用词）过分风雅，故作风雅；矫揉造作
she uses dialect to create a poetry that is free of highbrow preciosity
Example sentencesExamples
- They are related to similarly proportioned glassware made in the 1890s, but the delicate tints and precarious attenuation are markers of preciosity and refinement.
- The bijou effect of the original could easily translate into unwitting preciosity, and one appreciates the translator's wariness of plangent excess.
- All of this has saddled art songs with a reputation for preciosity and snobbishness.
- The wit, light approach and mastery of touch, scale and color balance the figurines’ rather foppish preciosity.
- This earlier reading had been grounded in a concern that the use of ideas ‘borrowed’ from other disciplines might make poetry ‘dependent on intellectual fashions and encourage preciosity.’

Origin

Mid 19th century: suggested by French préciosité, a sense derived from Molière's Les Précieuses Ridicules (1659), a comedy in which ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris were satirized.

词汇	preciosity
释义	Definition of preciosity in English: preciosity noun ˌprɛʃɪˈɒsɪtiˌprɛʃiˈɑsədi mass noun Excessive refinement in art, music, or language. she uses dialect to create a poetry that is free of highbrow preciosity Example sentencesExamples This earlier reading had been grounded in a concern that the use of ideas ‘borrowed’ from other disciplines might make poetry ‘dependent on intellectual fashions and encourage preciosity.’ They are related to similarly proportioned glassware made in the 1890s, but the delicate tints and precarious attenuation are markers of preciosity and refinement. The wit, light approach and mastery of touch, scale and color balance the figurines’ rather foppish preciosity. All of this has saddled art songs with a reputation for preciosity and snobbishness. The bijou effect of the original could easily translate into unwitting preciosity, and one appreciates the translator's wariness of plangent excess. Origin Mid 19th century: suggested by French préciosité, a sense derived from Molière's Les Précieuses Ridicules (1659), a comedy in which ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris were satirized. Rhymes anfractuosity, animosity, atrocity, bellicosity, curiosity, fabulosity, ferocity, generosity, grandiosity, impecuniosity, impetuosity, jocosity, luminosity, monstrosity, nebulosity, pomposity, ponderosity, porosity, precocity, reciprocity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, sumptuosity, velocity, verbosity, virtuosity, viscosity Definition of preciosity in US English: preciosity nounˌpreSHēˈäsədēˌprɛʃiˈɑsədi Overrefinement in art, music, or language, especially in the choice of words. （艺术、音乐或语言，尤指用词）过分风雅，故作风雅；矫揉造作 she uses dialect to create a poetry that is free of highbrow preciosity Example sentencesExamples They are related to similarly proportioned glassware made in the 1890s, but the delicate tints and precarious attenuation are markers of preciosity and refinement. The bijou effect of the original could easily translate into unwitting preciosity, and one appreciates the translator's wariness of plangent excess. All of this has saddled art songs with a reputation for preciosity and snobbishness. The wit, light approach and mastery of touch, scale and color balance the figurines’ rather foppish preciosity. This earlier reading had been grounded in a concern that the use of ideas ‘borrowed’ from other disciplines might make poetry ‘dependent on intellectual fashions and encourage preciosity.’ Origin Mid 19th century: suggested by French préciosité, a sense derived from Molière's Les Précieuses Ridicules (1659), a comedy in which ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris were satirized.
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