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Synonyms for preciousness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : presh-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛʃ əs

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Définition of preciousness

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from Old French precios "precious, costly, honorable, of great worth" (11c., Modern French précieux), from Latin pretiosus "costly, valuable," from pretium "value, worth, price" (see price (n.)). Meaning "over-refined" in English first recorded late 14c. In Johnson's day, it also had a secondary inverted sense of "worthless." Related: Preciously; preciousness.
  • As in glory : noun great beauty
Example sentences :
  • A tale for the young, illustrative of the preciousness of Scripture promises.
  • Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke
  • This she can do now and then; but even so her new lover has yet to learn her preciousness.
  • Extract from : « Oxford » by Frederick Douglas How
  • Let it be so, with an ever-growing sense of the preciousness of the work of intercession.
  • Extract from : « To My Younger Brethren » by Handley C. G. Moule
  • Now they wore a glamour and a preciousness that was bound up with life itself.
  • Extract from : « Miss Mapp » by Edward Frederic Benson
  • The idea of preciousness, as well as that of protection, is included in the word.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren
  • But, oh, the power and preciousness of those words, "I have prayed for thee!"
  • Extract from : « The Great Commission » by C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
  • Can he have any just sense of its preciousness, its excellence, its moral glories?
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • The thought was sweet to her—precious with the preciousness of vengeance.
  • Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
  • And will not the preciousness of the victor's wreath excuse some impatience in the struggle for it?
  • Extract from : « Hypatia » by Charles Kingsley
  • This is not due to any "preciousness," but to efforts at finding the only word that will say what I mean.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 2 » by Compton Mackenzie

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