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overprecious

adj

Etymology

From over- + precious.

  1. derived from pretiōsus — “of great value, costly, dear, precious”
  2. borrowed from precios — “valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”
  3. inherited from precious
  4. prefixed as overprecious — “over + precious”

Definitions

  1. Excessively precious

    Excessively precious; contrived, artificial.

    • The ethos is all too easily misunderstood as an overprecious, bloodless, mindless civilization.
    • But it was just a gift shop selling overprecious reproductions at outrageous prices — brass candle snuffers at $28, reproduction apothecary jars at $35...

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA