Definition of PRECIOUS

precious

Plural: preciouses

Adjective Satellite

  • characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
    • "children are precious"
  • of high worth or cost
    • "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"
  • held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
    • "precious memories"
  • obviously contrived to charm
    • "an insufferably precious performance"

Adverb

  • extremely
    • "there is precious little time left"

Adj

  • Of high value or worth.
  • Regarded with love or tenderness.
  • Treated with too much reverence.
  • Excessively complicated.
  • Extremely protective or strict (about something).
  • Blasted; damned.
  • Contrived to be cute or charming.
  • Thorough; utter.

Noun

  • A darling or beloved person; an endearing term.
  • Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.

Adv

  • Very; an intensifier.

Examples

  • Finding a triple-word score for ’PRECIOUS’ felt like unearthing a true gem in Words With Friends.
  • He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious.
  • The crown had many precious gemstones. This building work needs site access, and tell the city council that I don't care about a few lorry tyre ruts across their precious grass verge.
  • The way my partner looks at me is just so precious.
  • Writers are often very precious about their work.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English precious, borrowed from Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), from Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), from pretium (“value, price”); see price.

Scrabble Score: 12

precious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
precious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
precious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

precious: valid Words With Friends Word