précieuse
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précieuse (plural précieuses)
- (chiefly derogatory) Someone (especially a woman) who affects refinement and delicacy; a fastidious or pretentious woman. [from 17th c.]
- 1920, Hart Crane, letter, 14 April:
- I like Marion Moore in a certain way. […] But she is too much of a precieuse for my adulation.
- 1920, Hart Crane, letter, 14 April:
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précieuse