precieuse
/preɪˈsjuːz/
noun
- A woman who is overly refined, affected, or pretentious in manners, speech, or taste, especially in literary or intellectual matters.
- The novel satirizes the precieuses of 17th-century French salons.
- The character in the play was a precieuse who spoke in elaborate metaphors.
- Her friends found her a bit of a precieuse, always correcting their grammar.
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