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Precieuse

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Precieuse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/precieuse.html. 1828.