precieux
Example Sentences
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It had its bibliomaniacs, its collectors, its precieux.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
He writes plays of incomparable depth and breadth, touching every chord of humour, tragedy and pathos; certain rather elaborate poems of a precieux type, and strange sonnets, revealing a singular poignancy of unconventional feelings.
From The Upton Letters by Arthur Christopher Benson
He was indeed no stylist: least of all a precieux.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
