- cieuse
- pré·cieuse;
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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… … Useful english dictionary
Pr'ecieuse — Pr[ e] cieuse , n. An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century. See aslo {preciosity}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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
minikin — adj dainty, exquisite, lovely, fastidious, finicky; delicate, fragile, frail, slight, wispy, doll like; mincing, affected, precious, pr^cieuse; simpering, coy, cute, Sl. cutesy, nice, Sl. nicy nice … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
nice nelly — n prude, prig, puritan, bluenose, prd cieuse, Inf. goody goody, Inf. goody two shoes, Inf.Miss Prim and Proper, Inf.Miss Prissy or Miss Priss; la di da, Victorian … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
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
pré — pré·cieuse; pré·cis; pré·pa·ra·teur; pré·ve·nance; pré·cieux; … English syllables
