précieusen.adj.

Brit.

/prɛsˈjəːz/, U.S.

/prɛsˈjəz/

Forms: 1600s–1700s pretieuse, 1700s precieuse, 1800s– précieuse.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French précieuse, prétieuse, précieux.

Etymology: < French précieuse, †prétieuse refined woman (1654), woman affecting refinement (1663 in Molière), use as noun of the feminine of précieux precious adj., popularized by Molière in Les précieuses ridicules (1659), a comedy which satirizes the ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris in the mid 17th cent. Compare precious adj. 3. N.E.D. (1907) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (presyȫ·z) /presˈjœz/.

Usually depreciative.

A. n.

A person, esp. a woman, aspiring to or affecting a refined delicacy of language and taste; an over-refined or absurdly fastidious woman.

ΘΚΠ

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

simper-de-cocketa1529

précieuse1667

minaudière1716

1667 R. Flecknoe Damoiselles a la Mode Pref. sig. A3^v For the Language of the Pretieuse, it may be wondred that I durst attempt the Englishing it..it being a Language even new unto the French themselves, and so little understood by most of them, as they are forc'd to make a Dictionary for it apart.

1727 H. Cromwell Let. 6 July in A. Pope Lett. (1735) I. p. vii My former Indiscretion, in putting them into the Hands of this Pretieuse.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 6 Every power..perform'd it with so little friction, that 'twould have confounded the most physical precieuse in France.

1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xxi The affected dialogue of the Précieuses, as they were styled, who formed the coterie of the Hôtel de Rambouillet.

1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. xii. 194 There wasn't a précieuse in England that wouldn't have sold her pure soul to the devil and the Marquis, for his settlements.

1926 Times 30 Mar. 12/4 Between the portrait of a Précieuse and one of the dangereuse Ninon de Lenclos we are confronted with an arresting drawing of the poisoneress the Marquise de Brinvilliers.

1977 New Yorker 26 Sept. 127/1 Marguerite Duras has a sensibility that's infected with the literary culture of a précieuse.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 155 Roberto managed to gain admittance to this temple of elegance and intellect, of gentlemen and précieuses (as they were then called).

B. adj.

Over-refined; affectedly fastidious in taste and language. Cf. precious adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

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

minikin1545

mincing1560

miniard1584

finical1592

minic1598

nice-mouthed1618

finitive1640

finicking1661

minical1668

precious1712

précieuse1785

niminy-piminy1786

pershittie1808

miminy-piminy1815

finicky1825

nimpy-pimpy1825

niminy1878

too-tooa1884

piminy1890

précieux1891

piss-elegant1941

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > euphuistic or precious

quaintc1395

fine1576

romantic1653

precious1712

précieuse1785

tortuous1801

euphuistical1823

euphuistic1828

précieux1891

1785 H. Walpole Let. 23 July (1965) XXXIII. 483 Her conversation is natural and reasonable, not précieuse and affected.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Misc. Ess. (1885) 203 The précieuse affectation of deference where you don't feel it.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 57 He tried hard to look at Princeton through the satiated eyes of Oscar Wilde and Swinburne—or ‘Fingal O'Flaherty’ and ‘Algernon Charles’, as he called them in précieuse jest.

1980 Early Music 8 417/1 From the totally French in La Silva..to the précieuse La Du Vaucel, which barely leaves the tonic key.

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

单词	précieuse
释义	précieusen.adj. Brit. /prɛsˈjəːz/, U.S. /prɛsˈjəz/ Forms: 1600s–1700s pretieuse, 1700s precieuse, 1800s– précieuse. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French précieuse, prétieuse, précieux. Etymology: < French précieuse, †prétieuse refined woman (1654), woman affecting refinement (1663 in Molière), use as noun of the feminine of précieux precious adj., popularized by Molière in Les précieuses ridicules (1659), a comedy which satirizes the ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris in the mid 17th cent. Compare precious adj. 3. N.E.D. (1907) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (presyȫ·z) /presˈjœz/. Usually depreciative. A. n. A person, esp. a woman, aspiring to or affecting a refined delicacy of language and taste; an over-refined or absurdly fastidious woman. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy > person > woman simper-de-cocketa1529 précieuse1667 minaudière1716 1667 R. Flecknoe Damoiselles a la Mode Pref. sig. A3^v For the Language of the Pretieuse, it may be wondred that I durst attempt the Englishing it..it being a Language even new unto the French themselves, and so little understood by most of them, as they are forc'd to make a Dictionary for it apart. 1727 H. Cromwell Let. 6 July in A. Pope Lett. (1735) I. p. vii My former Indiscretion, in putting them into the Hands of this Pretieuse. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 6 Every power..perform'd it with so little friction, that 'twould have confounded the most physical precieuse in France. 1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xxi The affected dialogue of the Précieuses, as they were styled, who formed the coterie of the Hôtel de Rambouillet. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. xii. 194 There wasn't a précieuse in England that wouldn't have sold her pure soul to the devil and the Marquis, for his settlements. 1926 Times 30 Mar. 12/4 Between the portrait of a Précieuse and one of the dangereuse Ninon de Lenclos we are confronted with an arresting drawing of the poisoneress the Marquise de Brinvilliers. 1977 New Yorker 26 Sept. 127/1 Marguerite Duras has a sensibility that's infected with the literary culture of a précieuse. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 155 Roberto managed to gain admittance to this temple of elegance and intellect, of gentlemen and précieuses (as they were then called). B. adj. Over-refined; affectedly fastidious in taste and language. Cf. precious adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy minikin1545 mincing1560 miniard1584 finical1592 minic1598 nice-mouthed1618 finitive1640 finicking1661 minical1668 precious1712 précieuse1785 niminy-piminy1786 pershittie1808 miminy-piminy1815 finicky1825 nimpy-pimpy1825 niminy1878 too-tooa1884 piminy1890 précieux1891 piss-elegant1941 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > euphuistic or precious quaintc1395 fine1576 romantic1653 precious1712 précieuse1785 tortuous1801 euphuistical1823 euphuistic1828 précieux1891 1785 H. Walpole Let. 23 July (1965) XXXIII. 483 Her conversation is natural and reasonable, not précieuse and affected. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Misc. Ess. (1885) 203 The précieuse affectation of deference where you don't feel it. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. ii. 57 He tried hard to look at Princeton through the satiated eyes of Oscar Wilde and Swinburne—or ‘Fingal O'Flaherty’ and ‘Algernon Charles’, as he called them in précieuse jest. 1980 Early Music 8 417/1 From the totally French in La Silva..to the précieuse La Du Vaucel, which barely leaves the tonic key. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1667
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