PRECIOUSNESS

preciosity, preciousness

(noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined

invaluableness, preciousness, pricelessness, valuableness

(noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value

costliness, dearness, preciousness

(noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

preciousness (usually uncountable, plural preciousnesses)

The condition of being precious.

Anagrams

• supercession

Source: Wiktionary


Pre"cious*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being precious; costliness; dearness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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