precious /preshˈəs/

1. Of great price or worth
2. Cherished
3. Very highly esteemed
4. (with a possessive) grand, fine, much-vaunted (ironic, as in sick of hearing about his precious children)
5. Egregious (ironic)
6. Too consciously refined, fastidious or dainty

1. Extremely, confoundedly, as in precious little, few, etc (informal)
2. Preciously (Shakespeare)

Used as a term of endearment

preciosity /presh-i-osˈi-ti or pres-/ noun

Fastidious over-refinement

precˈiously adverb

precˈiousness noun

precious metals plural noun

Gold, silver, platinum (also, rarely, mercury or others of high price)

precious stone noun

A stone of value and beauty, esp with regard to its use in jewellery or ornamentation, a gem

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