précieuse

词形变化

précieuses 复数 précieuses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone (especially a woman) who affects refinement and delicacy; a fastidious or pretentious woman.

    贬义

    I like Marion Moore in a certain way. […] But she is too much of a precieuse for my adulation.

词源

From French précieuse.

来源:wiktionary