preciosityn.

Brit.

/ˌprɛʃɪˈɒsᵻti/,

/ˌprɛsɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌprɛʃiˈɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English preciosite, late Middle English preciostwe, late Middle English preciousite, late Middle English preciouste, late Middle English precioustee, late Middle English preciousyte, late Middle English precjosite, late Middle English precyosite, late Middle English precyosytee, late Middle English presciousitee, late Middle English–1500s precyosyte, 1500s preciosyte, 1600s pretiosity, 1600s– preciosity; Scottish pre-1700 pretiosite, pre-1700 pretiositie, 1800s– preciosity.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French preciosité.

Etymology: < Middle French preciosité (French préciosité ) preciousness (c1300 in Old French), price, value (1466–7), affectation (c1475), affectedly refined or fastidious manners or language (1664) < classical Latin pretiōsitāt- , pretiōsitās costliness, preciousness, in post-classical Latin also precious object (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < pretiōsus precious adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix); compare -osity suffix. Compare Italian preziosità (1305–6 as preziositade ), Portuguese preciosidade (15th cent.). Compare also Middle French precieuseté preciousness, precious thing (c1370 or earlier). Compare slightly earlier preciousness n. and slightly later precioushead n.

1. The quality of being valuable, preciousness; great worth, costliness. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun]

worthOE

worthfulnessOE

price?c1225

savour?c1225

aughtshipc1275

dearworthinessc1325

worthiness1372

preciousnessc1390

richesa1400

preciosity1402

valeur1433

valurec1440

preciousheadc1450

vail1471

paragea1475

valour?a1475

availa1522

vailance1532

validity1593

carat1600

condignity1605

valiant1606

esteeming1609

self-worth1610

telling1636

valuableness?1649

worthship1664

treasurableness1898

1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 68 Were we no sendal ne satyn ne goldun clothis, and these passen in presciousitee many foold ouris.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 376 Crist techiþ here þe preciousite of his preching.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 83 (MED) How schulde a man bring peple of englonde into wil forto bye..but if he wolde denounce and proclame þat he had such chaffre, and which were þe preciosite and þe profitablenes of hit?

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxv^v A relyke accomptyd of great precyosyte.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 366 Iewelles in chestes, and stones of precioustee.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 521 Vestimentis of greit pretiositie.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 3 The order of dignity or pretiosity in the Metals.

2004 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 11 Mar. a7 The preciosity of these resources, one of them being water, is perhaps the most important element to our survival and well-being.

2. A valuable thing. Frequently in plural.

ΚΠ

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. i.v/1 Fyn gold and other precyosytees [Fr. precieusetés].

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 185 The Index or forefinger was too naked whereto to commit their pretiosities .

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. 375 The curiositie of their application of these Preciosities [sc. jewels], they fully implanting them into their very Flesh.

1754 tr. H. Rimius Hist. Moravians xiv. 90 An honest Man that sits in our common Court of Justice, to decide there instead of the Sovereign..is an inestimable Preciosity for us.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets vii. 18 Glittering man-mountains filled with gold and preciosities.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. vii. 107 The Preciosities and household gods.

1964 Times 6 Mar. 8/2 The jewelled preciosities intended for the privacy of princely chapels.

2004 Amer. Antiq. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 304 Preciosities such as galena and mica sheets were put to decorative use, and there was lapidary work as well.

3. Affectation of refinement or distinction, esp. in the use of language; fastidious refinement in literary or artistic style; an instance of this. Cf. precious adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy

briding1566

mincedness1583

finicality1594

mignardise1603

mincing1623

finicalness1675

daintification1780

gingerliness1842

finicism1844

mincingness1853

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness

euphuism1592

quaintness1603

miminy-piminy1818

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 89 ‘Concerning the circle’, which last word he pronounced ‘circul’ with a certain preciosity which was noticeable slightly in other parts of his behaviour.

1897 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 536 This..may be described as the reductio ad absurdum of the preciosity of Pater and Stevenson.

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 235/2 There was a quaint preciosity about all her speech.

1958 P. Larkin Further Requirements (2002) iv. 200 This collection finally puts to flight the notion that Betjeman is no more than a dealer in a few preciosities such as Anglicanism or ghastly good taste.

1991 Greece & Rome 38 110 This is a formidably intellectual study, not without its preciosities, but clarifying fundamental ideas in European thought.

2001 Times 24 July ii. 21/3 Jennings's silvery garb, meringue-like hat and preciosity compensate for much.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preciosity
释义	preciosityn. Brit. /ˌprɛʃɪˈɒsᵻti/, /ˌprɛsɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌprɛʃiˈɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English preciosite, late Middle English preciostwe, late Middle English preciousite, late Middle English preciouste, late Middle English precioustee, late Middle English preciousyte, late Middle English precjosite, late Middle English precyosite, late Middle English precyosytee, late Middle English presciousitee, late Middle English–1500s precyosyte, 1500s preciosyte, 1600s pretiosity, 1600s– preciosity; Scottish pre-1700 pretiosite, pre-1700 pretiositie, 1800s– preciosity. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French preciosité. Etymology: < Middle French preciosité (French préciosité ) preciousness (c1300 in Old French), price, value (1466–7), affectation (c1475), affectedly refined or fastidious manners or language (1664) < classical Latin pretiōsitāt- , pretiōsitās costliness, preciousness, in post-classical Latin also precious object (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < pretiōsus precious adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix); compare -osity suffix. Compare Italian preziosità (1305–6 as preziositade ), Portuguese preciosidade (15th cent.). Compare also Middle French precieuseté preciousness, precious thing (c1370 or earlier). Compare slightly earlier preciousness n. and slightly later precioushead n. 1. The quality of being valuable, preciousness; great worth, costliness. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] worthOE worthfulnessOE price?c1225 savour?c1225 aughtshipc1275 dearworthinessc1325 worthiness1372 preciousnessc1390 richesa1400 preciosity1402 valeur1433 valurec1440 preciousheadc1450 vail1471 paragea1475 valour?a1475 availa1522 vailance1532 validity1593 carat1600 condignity1605 valiant1606 esteeming1609 self-worth1610 telling1636 valuableness?1649 worthship1664 treasurableness1898 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 68 Were we no sendal ne satyn ne goldun clothis, and these passen in presciousitee many foold ouris. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 376 Crist techiþ here þe preciousite of his preching. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 83 (MED) How schulde a man bring peple of englonde into wil forto bye..but if he wolde denounce and proclame þat he had such chaffre, and which were þe preciosite and þe profitablenes of hit? a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxv^v A relyke accomptyd of great precyosyte. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 366 Iewelles in chestes, and stones of precioustee. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 521 Vestimentis of greit pretiositie. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel i. 3 The order of dignity or pretiosity in the Metals. 2004 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 11 Mar. a7 The preciosity of these resources, one of them being water, is perhaps the most important element to our survival and well-being. 2. A valuable thing. Frequently in plural. ΚΠ 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. i.v/1 Fyn gold and other precyosytees [Fr. precieusetés]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 185 The Index or forefinger was too naked whereto to commit their pretiosities . View more context for this quotation 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. 375 The curiositie of their application of these Preciosities [sc. jewels], they fully implanting them into their very Flesh. 1754 tr. H. Rimius Hist. Moravians xiv. 90 An honest Man that sits in our common Court of Justice, to decide there instead of the Sovereign..is an inestimable Preciosity for us. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets vii. 18 Glittering man-mountains filled with gold and preciosities. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. vii. 107 The Preciosities and household gods. 1964 Times 6 Mar. 8/2 The jewelled preciosities intended for the privacy of princely chapels. 2004 Amer. Antiq. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 304 Preciosities such as galena and mica sheets were put to decorative use, and there was lapidary work as well. 3. Affectation of refinement or distinction, esp. in the use of language; fastidious refinement in literary or artistic style; an instance of this. Cf. precious adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy briding1566 mincedness1583 finicality1594 mignardise1603 mincing1623 finicalness1675 daintification1780 gingerliness1842 finicism1844 mincingness1853 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > euphuism or preciousness euphuism1592 quaintness1603 miminy-piminy1818 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 89 ‘Concerning the circle’, which last word he pronounced ‘circul’ with a certain preciosity which was noticeable slightly in other parts of his behaviour. 1897 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 536 This..may be described as the reductio ad absurdum of the preciosity of Pater and Stevenson. 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 235/2 There was a quaint preciosity about all her speech. 1958 P. Larkin Further Requirements (2002) iv. 200 This collection finally puts to flight the notion that Betjeman is no more than a dealer in a few preciosities such as Anglicanism or ghastly good taste. 1991 Greece & Rome 38 110 This is a formidably intellectual study, not without its preciosities, but clarifying fundamental ideas in European thought. 2001 Times 24 July ii. 21/3 Jennings's silvery garb, meringue-like hat and preciosity compensate for much. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1402
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