preciousness
111aestheticism — or æstheticism The belief that the pursuit of beauty is the most important goal, and that it is the artist s duty to orchestrate selected elements from nature into a composition that, like music, exists for its own sake, without regard to… …
112precious — adjective 1》 having great value. 2》 greatly loved or treasured by someone. 3》 informal, chiefly ironic considerable: a precious lot you know! 4》 derogatory affectedly concerned with elegant or refined language or manners. noun a term of address… …
113cost — I. v. a. Require to be paid or undergone, take away from. II. n. 1. Expense, charge, price, outlay. 2. Costliness, preciousness, richness, sumptuousness, splendor. 3. Loss, detriment, damage, pain, suffering …
114precious — 1 adjective 1 precious memories or possessions are important to you because they are connected with people you like or events in your life: The doll is very precious to me because it was my mother s. 2 something that is precious is valuable and… …
115nice-nellyism — n primness, excessive propriety, prissiness, prudery, prudishness, priggishness, prig gery, overniceness, Inf. goodiness; pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, equivocation, (esp. in Victorian England) prunes and prisms; preciosity, preciousness,… …
116preciosity — n (all of language, style, or taste) overrefinement, excessive refinement, fastidiousness, fin ickiness; preciousness, meticulosity, meticulousness; Sl. cutesiness, daintiness, effeminacy, effeteness; primness, prudishness, prudery, Inf.… …
117precision — n 1. exactness, exactitude, closeness, preciseness, Math. degree of error; accuracy, accurateness, correctness, rightness, rectitude, unerringness, {lawlessness, faultlessness, perfection; literalism, tex tualism, adherence to the letter or text …
118priggishness — n 1. prudery, prudishness, puritan icalness, overmodesty, old maidishness, Grundyism; hideboundness, strait lacedness, buckram, stiffness, stiff neckedness, strictness, severity, formality; snobbery, snobbishness, stiltedness, Sl. snootiness, Sl …
119gold — [[t]goʊld[/t]] n. 1) chem. a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion Symbol: Au; at. wt.: 196.967 at. no.: 79 sp. gr.: 19.3 at 20°C. 2) a quantity of gold coins: to pay in… …
120Blue Orchid — /blu ˈɔkəd/ (say blooh awkuhd) noun Colloquial (sometimes lower case) (among members of the Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy) a member of the Royal Australian Air Force. {with reference to the colour of the uniforms worn by RAAF members …
