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"word": "eight-precious"
},
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"word": "non-precious"
},
{
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"word": "nonprecious"
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"word": "Precious Blood"
},
{
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"word": "precious coral"
},
{
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"word": "preciously"
},
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"word": "precious metal"
},
{
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"word": "preciousness"
},
{
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"word": "precious stone"
},
{
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"word": "semi-precious"
},
{
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"word": "semiprecious"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "precious"
},
"expansion": "Middle English precious",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "precios",
"t": "valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical"
},
"expansion": "Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "pretiōsus",
"t": "of great value, costly, dear, precious"
},
"expansion": "Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more precious",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most precious",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "precious (comparative more precious, superlative most precious)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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"word": "appraise"
},
{
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"word": "appreciate"
},
{
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"word": "depreciate"
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{
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"word": "praise"
},
{
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"word": "preciosity"
},
{
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"word": "precious few"
},
{
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"word": "precious little"
},
{
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"word": "price"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 August 16, Polly Toynbee, “Britain's booming birthrate”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 21:",
"text": "People are a good thing, the most precious resource in a rich economy, so the progressive-minded feel. Only misanthropists disagree or the dottier Malthusians who send green-ink tweets deploring any state assistance for child-rearing.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "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.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of high value or worth."
],
"id": "en-precious-en-adj-wW27ggK0",
"links": [
[
"value",
"value"
],
[
"worth",
"worth"
]
],
"synonyms": [
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"sense": "of high value",
"word": "dear"
},
{
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"sense": "of high value",
"word": "valuable"
}
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kosbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "i çmuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṯamīn",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ثَمِين"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻankaržekʻ",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "թանկարժեք"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "preciosu"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "qiymətli"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kaštóŭny",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "кашто́ўны"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "darahí",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "дарагі́"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mulloban",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "মূল্যবান"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prizius"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skǎpocénen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скъпоце́нен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "cénen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "це́нен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skǎp",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скъп"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.hpui:tan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "အဖိုးတန်"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "preciós"
},
{
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "galvquodi",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ᎦᎸᏉᏗ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "寶貴"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎoguì",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "宝贵"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drahocenný"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "vzácný"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drahý"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dyrebar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kostbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "waardevol"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kara"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kosta"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "valorega"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "altvalora"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "väärtuslik"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kallisarvoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "précieux"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒvirpasi",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ძვირფასი"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kostbar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "wertvoll"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polýtimos",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "πολύτιμος"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "makamae"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "hiwahiwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yaqár",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יָקָר"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "qīmtī",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "क़ीमती"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pyārā",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "प्यारा"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "értékes"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drága"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "becses"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dýrmætur"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "berharga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "luachmhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "lómhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "maoineach"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prezioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"alt": "たいせつな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taisetsu-na",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "大切な"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "atyamūlya",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ಅತ್ಯಮೂಲ್ಯ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "asyl",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "асыл"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qimas",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "қимас"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dɑɑ mien tɑmlay",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ដ៏មានតម្លៃ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwijunghan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "귀중한"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kımbattuu",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "кымбаттуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "asıl",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "асыл"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mī khā",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ມີຄ່າ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "pretiōsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dārgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "brangus"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skapocen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скапоцен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skap",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скап"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pilayēṟiya",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "പിലയേറിയ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prezzjuż"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "marihi"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "matahīapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "puiaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "puipuiaki"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "mōmōhanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "mūlyavān",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "मूल्यवान"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ünegen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "үнэгэн"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "amūlya",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "अमूल्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dyrebar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "preciós"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "pro",
"lang": "Old Occitan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precios"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ʼazîz",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "عزیز"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gerânbahâ",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "گرانبها"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "cenny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drogocenny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drogi"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prețios"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dragocénnyj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "драгоце́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cénnyj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "це́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dorogój",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "дорого́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prìseil"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "luachmhor"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "драгоцен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "драг"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "dragocen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "drag"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "vzácny"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drahý"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dragocen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precioso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dyrbar"
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},
{
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],
"word": "יָקָר"
},
{
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"sense": "regarded with love",
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},
{
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"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "adorato"
},
{
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"sense": "regarded with love",
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},
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},
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},
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{
"text": "He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious.",
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"Treated with too much reverence."
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"derogatory"
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[
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"(derogatory) Treated with too much reverence."
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{
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{
"text": "Writers are often very precious about their work.",
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"ref": "2009 September 16, Charlie Sorrel, “Chef’s Travel Bag: A Kitchen On Your Back”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-24:",
"text": "Pro chefs can be very precious about their kit. Watch a bartender trying to borrow a simple, cheap fruit-knife from the kitchen and you'll see what I mean.",
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},
{
"ref": "2016 February 4, Spencer Kornhaber, quoting Jeremy Greenspan, “The Postindustrial Electronic Bar-Fly Blues”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-02:",
"text": "Well, I didn't realize it until almost after the fact. I wrote all these songs very quickly; I did a whole lot of material and wasn't too precious about it. The lyric writing was done in much the same way. I wrote stuff and sang it, and the demos stuck, which is different from what I've done before, when I edited it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 November 20, Katie Walsh, “Why are Irish people so precious about Irishness?”, in The Irish Times, Dublin: Irish Times Trust, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-01:",
"text": "Hearing what a struggle it was for her, I began to understand why some people are so precious about being Irish. Being second-generation Irish, she had the option to hide behind her accent. Instead she would thump her fist to defend Irish people from those speaking out against them.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 February 18, Charlie Warzel, “Don’t Go Down the Rabbit Hole”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-27:",
"text": "The course is not precious about overly academic sources, either. ¶ \"The students are confused when I tell them to try and trace something down with a quick Wikipedia search, because they've been told not to do it,\" she [Christina Ladam] said. \"Not for research papers, but if you're trying to find out if a site is legitimate or if somebody has a history as a conspiracy theorist and you show them how to follow the page's citation, it's quick and effective, which means it's more likely to be used.\"",
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],
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"about",
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[
"protective",
"protective#Adjective"
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[
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],
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"(informal, followed by about) Extremely protective or strict (about something)."
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],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"ref": "1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:",
"text": "It’s all owing to your precious caution that they got hold of it. If you had let me burn it, and taken my word that it was gone, it would have been a heap of ashes behind the fire, instead of being whole and sound, inside of my great-coat.",
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}
],
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"Blasted; damned."
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],
[
"Blasted",
"blasted#English"
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[
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"damned"
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],
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"(informal, derogatory) Blasted; damned."
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"informal"
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{
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{
"ref": "2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:",
"text": "In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.",
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"code": "de",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 3 2 5 83 1",
"code": "de",
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{
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}
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kosbaar"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "i çmuar"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṯamīn",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ثَمِين"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻankaržekʻ",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "թանկարժեք"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "preciosu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "qiymətli"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kaštóŭny",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "кашто́ўны"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "darahí",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "дарагі́"
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{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mulloban",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "মূল্যবান"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prizius"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skǎpocénen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скъпоце́нен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "cénen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "це́нен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skǎp",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скъп"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.hpui:tan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "အဖိုးတန်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "preciós"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "galvquodi",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ᎦᎸᏉᏗ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "寶貴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎoguì",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "宝贵"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drahocenný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "vzácný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drahý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dyrebar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kostbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "waardevol"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kara"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kosta"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "valorega"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "altvalora"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "väärtuslik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kallisarvoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "précieux"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precioso"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒvirpasi",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ძვირფასი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kostbar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "wertvoll"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polýtimos",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "πολύτιμος"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "makamae"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "hiwahiwa"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yaqár",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
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],
"word": "יָקָר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "qīmtī",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "क़ीमती"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pyārā",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "प्यारा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "értékes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drága"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "becses"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dýrmætur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "berharga"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "luachmhar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "lómhar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "maoineach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prezioso"
},
{
"alt": "たいせつな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "taisetsu-na",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "大切な"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "atyamūlya",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ಅತ್ಯಮೂಲ್ಯ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "asyl",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "асыл"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qimas",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "қимас"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dɑɑ mien tɑmlay",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ដ៏មានតម្លៃ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwijunghan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "귀중한"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kımbattuu",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "кымбаттуу"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "asıl",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "асыл"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mī khā",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "ມີຄ່າ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "pretiōsus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dārgs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "brangus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skapocen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скапоцен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skap",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "скап"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pilayēṟiya",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "പിലയേറിയ"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prezzjuż"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "marihi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "matahīapo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "puiaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "puipuiaki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "mōmōhanga"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "mūlyavān",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "मूल्यवान"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ünegen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "үнэгэн"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "amūlya",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "अमूल्य"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dyrebar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "preciós"
},
{
"code": "pro",
"lang": "Old Occitan",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precios"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ʼazîz",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "عزیز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gerânbahâ",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "گرانبها"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "cenny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drogocenny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drogi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precioso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prețios"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dragocénnyj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "драгоце́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cénnyj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "це́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dorogój",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "дорого́й"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "prìseil"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "luachmhor"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "драгоцен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "драг"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "dragocen"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
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},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "vzácny"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "drahý"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dragocen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "precioso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "dyrbar"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "garonbaho",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "гаронбаҳо"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qimatbaho",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "қиматбаҳо"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vilaiyurnta",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "விலையுர்ந்த"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vilaimatippaṟṟa",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "விலைமதிப்பற்ற"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "amūlyamaina",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "అమూల్యమైన"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mee kâa",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "มีค่า"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mee bprà-yòht",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "มีประโยชน์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "değerli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "kıymetli"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "gymmatbaha"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "bắt"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dorohocínnyj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "дорогоці́нний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "koštóvnyj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "кошто́вний"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dorohýj",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "дороги́й"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "qīmtī",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "قیمتی"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "qimmatbaho"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "qimmat"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "quý"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "of high value or worth",
"word": "quý báu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ljubim",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "любим"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "polýtimos",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "πολύτιμος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yaqár",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יָקָר"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "prezioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "adorato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "unico"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ʼazîz",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "عزیز"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "leef"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "değerli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "regarded with love",
"word": "kıymetli"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contrived to be cute",
"word": "süßlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contrived to be cute",
"word": "kitschig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epitidevménos",
"sense": "contrived to be cute",
"word": "επιτηδευμένος"
}
],
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"ref": "2003, “The Outsider”, performed by A Perfect Circle:",
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