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adjective

Precious adj.

Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. "The precious bane."

Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. "She is more precious than rules." "Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid." Note: Also used ironically; as, a precious rascal.

Particular; fastidious; overnice; overrefined. Cf. Precieuse, Preciosity. "Lest that precious folk be with me wroth." "Elaborate embroidery of precious language."

Precious metals, the uncommon and highly valuable metals, esp. gold and silver.

Precious stones, gems; jewels.

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Etymology of 'Precious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Precious" Quotes from Famous Books

... she is an orphan. Before her precious uncle drowned her reply with one of his roars I distinctly heard her say that her father was alive," retorted ...

— Ethel Morton's Enterprise • Mabell S.C. Smith

... liberty. Many persons who are urging on this negro crusade into the domain of letters, have palms with an infernal itch for gold. They would fire the whole republic, if they could but take the gems and precious stones from the ashes. They care nothing for principle, honor or right, &c." No, they care nothing about negro slavery, or negro oppression. Money is their sole object in all these publications. Sympathy for the ...

— A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin - or, An Essay on Slavery • A. Woodward

... offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us ...

— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England

... of the great gold fields of California, and the enormous amount of the precious metal poured by her for many succeeding years into the lap of the Nation, alone averted what otherwise would inevitably have been total ruin. As it was, in 1860, the National credit had sunk to a lower point than ever before in all its history. It was confessedly ...

— The Great Conspiracy, Complete • John Alexander Logan

... him the emblems of the broken body and spilt blood of the dear Redeemer, he was much affected, and exclaimed, "My precious Saviour. I shall soon ...

— Oowikapun - How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians • Egerton Ryerson Young

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