précieuse

English

Etymology

French précieuse

Noun

précieuse (plural précieuses)

  1. An affected woman of polite society, especially one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.

See also

French

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Adjective

précieuse

  1. feminine singular of précieux
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