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Значения термина preciosity на английском

каталонский
preciositat

The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.

        preciositat
        Использование термина preciosity на английском
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        His worst fault, however, lies in his obscurity and preciosity of diction.
        Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
        2
        Of mere preciosity and phrase-making without any special obscurity examples abound.
        Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
        3
        Her very daintiness and preciosity of speech indicated it.
        The Blazed Trail
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        The handling throughout workmanlike, with some four or five touches of preciosity, which I regret.
        The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1
        5
        Those five months had been a microcosm of the era itself-naive, flirtatious, formal to the point of preciosity, and romantic.
        Carrion comfort
        6
        Though there is more than a touch of preciosity and intellectual gamesmanship, there is also enough flair and humour to bring it off.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Although slightly tinged with pedantism and preciosity, its freshness, its grace, its inspiration and sincerity, give it a flavour almost of primitive art.
        The French Revolution: A Short History
        8
        Moreover, a wide outlook will help us to avoid exaggerations, preciosities, and fanaticisms.
        Nature Mysticism
        9
        "But I do not want to give up the little rifle entirely," she went on, with dainty preciosity, watching him closely.
        The Call of the North
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        каталонский
        preciositat
        Preciosity через время