If a discordant note is sometimes struck, here in an over-strained conceit, and there in an incongruous touch of preciosity or false sentiment, this is but an accident; in essentials all is genuine.
His worst fault, however, lies in his obscurity and preciosityof diction.
And underlying all the preciosityand exaggeration of his praises and his consolations, there is a genuine warmth of affection that argues an amiable character.
Of mere preciosity and phrase-making without any special obscurity examples abound.
He was affected with the preciosity of courtly or chivalric love, which Italy had made her own along with the songs of the Troubadours and the poetry of northern France.
This prologue is somewhat cherche, and imbued with a preciosity of sentiment putting one in mind of Cicero's oration Pro Archia poeta.
A subtler phase of chivalry's emptying lay in its preciosity and in the excessive growth of fantasy and utter romance--of which enough will be said in the next chapter.
In spite of the beauty of Galahaut's devotion, its logic and preciosity scarcely throb with manhood's blood.
Pseudo-intellectualism and preciositywere a safer target, and towards the end of this period aestheticism in its earlier stages comes in for a certain amount of satirical notice.
Avowed animosity to the pretensions of the pedants and light mockery of the preciosity of the Précieuses offered a varied choice of subjects and an equally varied choice of accessories for their work.
Their aim in preciosity would seem to be to keep themselves unspotted from the world.
The notion that art is first and the rest of the universe nowhere is bound to lead to preciosity and futility in art.
His dramatic works, though effective on the stage, are disfigured by extravagant incidents and preciosity of diction.
This obscurity was attained, as we have said, by elevation and preciosity of style, and was not the result of confusion of thought.
Preciosity and artificiality reach their height in Arnaut's poems, which are, for that reason, excessively difficult.
Their obscurity, however, is often due rather to the difficulty of the subject matter than to any intentional attempt at preciosity of style.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preciosity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
