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

26 June 2025

DISPIRITEDLY

(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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