preciosity
noun
pre·ci·os·i·ty ˌpre-shē-ˈä-sə-tē 
-sē-
plural preciosities
1
: fastidious refinement
2
: an instance of preciosity
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Nudity and fashion become virtual emblems here, signaling the purity, fragility and preciosity of the subject. 
Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022 Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- interpretation clause
- interpretational
- interpretations
- interpretative
- interpretative bigamy
- interpretative dance
- interpretatively
- interpreted
- interpreter
- interpreters
- interpretership
- interpretess
- interpreting
- interpretive
- interpretive dance
- interpretively
- interpretress
- interpretresses
- interprets
- interprofessional
- interprovincial
- interproximal
- interpsychic
- interpsychically
- interpulmonary