"precious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/ Audio: en-us-precious.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-precious.wav Forms: more precious [comparative], most precious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛʃəs 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precious}} Middle English precious, {{der|en|fro|precios|t=valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical}} Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), {{der|en|la|pretiōsus|t=of great value, costly, dear, precious}} Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), {{m|la|pretium|t=value, price}} pretium (“value, price”), {{m|en|price}} price Head templates: {{en-adj}} precious (comparative more precious, superlative most precious)
  1. Of high value or worth. Synonyms (of high value): dear, valuable Translations (of high value or worth): kosbaar (Afrikaans), i çmuar (Albanian), ثَمِين (ṯamīn) (Arabic), թանկարժեք (tʿankaržekʿ) (Armenian), preciosu (Asturian), qiymətli (Azerbaijani), кашто́ўны (kaštóŭny) (Belarusian), дарагі́ (darahí) (Belarusian), মূল্যবান (mulloban) (Bengali), prizius (Breton), скъпоце́нен (skǎpocénen) (Bulgarian), це́нен (cénen) (Bulgarian), скъп (skǎp) (Bulgarian), အဖိုးတန် (a.hpui:tan) (Burmese), preciós (Catalan), ᎦᎸᏉᏗ (galvquodi) (Cherokee), 寶貴 (Chinese Mandarin), 宝贵 (bǎoguì) (Chinese Mandarin), drahocenný (Czech), vzácný (Czech), drahý (Czech), dyrebar (Danish), kostbaar (Dutch), waardevol (Dutch), kara (Esperanto), kosta (Esperanto), valorega (Esperanto), väärtuslik (Estonian), kallisarvoinen (Finnish), précieux (French), precioso (Galician), ძვირფასი (ʒvirpasi) (Georgian), kostbar (German), wertvoll (German), πολύτιμος (polýtimos) (Greek), makamae (Hawaiian), hiwahiwa (Hawaiian), יָקָר (yaqár) [masculine] (Hebrew), क़ीमती (qīmtī) (Hindi), प्यारा (pyārā) (Hindi), értékes (Hungarian), drága (Hungarian), becses (Hungarian), dýrmætur (Icelandic), berharga (Indonesian), luachmhar (Irish), lómhar (Irish), maoineach (Irish), prezioso (Italian), 大切な (taisetsu-na) (alt: たいせつな) (Japanese), ಅತ್ಯಮೂಲ್ಯ (atyamūlya) (Kannada), асыл (asyl) (Kazakh), қимас (qimas) (Kazakh), ដ៏មានតម្លៃ (dɑɑ mien tɑmlay) (Khmer), 귀중한 (gwijunghan) (Korean), кымбаттуу (kımbattuu) (Kyrgyz), асыл (asıl) (Kyrgyz), ມີຄ່າ (mī khā) (Lao), pretiōsus (Latin), dārgs (Latvian), brangus (Lithuanian), скапоцен (skapocen) (Macedonian), скап (skap) (Macedonian), പിലയേറിയ (pilayēṟiya) (Malayalam), prezzjuż (Maltese), marihi (Maori), matahīapo (Maori), puiaki (Maori), puipuiaki (Maori), mōmōhanga (Maori), मूल्यवान (mūlyavān) (Marathi), үнэгэн (ünegen) (Mongolian), अमूल्य (amūlya) (Nepali), dyrebar (Norwegian Bokmål), preciós (Occitan), precios (Old Occitan), گرانبها (gerânbahâ) (Persian), cenny (Polish), drogocenny (Polish), drogi (Polish), precioso (Portuguese), prețios (Romanian), драгоце́нный (dragocénnyj) (Russian), це́нный (cénnyj) (Russian), дорого́й (dorogój) (Russian), prìseil (Scottish Gaelic), luachmhor (Scottish Gaelic), драгоцен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), драг [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dragocen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), drag [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vzácny (Slovak), drahý (Slovak), dragocen (Slovene), precioso (Spanish), dyrbar (Swedish), гаронбаҳо (garonbaho) (Tajik), қиматбаҳо (qimatbaho) (Tajik), விலையுர்ந்த (vilaiyurnta) (Tamil), விலைமதிப்பற்ற (vilaimatippaṟṟa) (Tamil), అమూల్యమైన (amūlyamaina) (Telugu), มีค่า (mee kâa) (Thai), มีประโยชน์ (mee bprà-yòht) (Thai), değerli (Turkish), kıymetli (Turkish), gymmatbaha (Turkmen), дорогоці́нний (dorohocínnyj) (Ukrainian), кошто́вний (koštóvnyj) (Ukrainian), дороги́й (dorohýj) (Ukrainian), قیمتی (qīmtī) (Urdu), qimmatbaho (Uzbek), qimmat (Uzbek), quý (Vietnamese), quý báu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-wW27ggK0 Disambiguation of 'of high value': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of high value or worth': 93 1 2 0 2 1 1
  2. Regarded with love or tenderness. Translations (regarded with love): любим (ljubim) (Bulgarian), πολύτιμος (polýtimos) (Greek), יָקָר (yaqár) [masculine] (Hebrew), prezioso (Italian), adorato (Italian), unico (Italian), leef (Plautdietsch), değerli (Turkish), kıymetli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-kkzbRmBH Disambiguation of 'regarded with love': 3 83 4 1 6 2 1
  3. (derogatory) Treated with too much reverence. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-zDuqyUkZ
  4. (informal, followed by about) Extremely protective or strict (about something). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-LFu1FX0Y
  5. (informal, derogatory) Blasted; damned. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-cIb9iIbE
  6. (derogatory) Contrived to be cute or charming. Tags: derogatory Synonyms (contrived to charm): saccharine, syrupy, twee Translations (contrived to be cute): süßlich (German), kitschig (German), επιτηδευμένος (epitidevménos) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-S4mPLy5u Disambiguation of 'contrived to charm': 6 5 8 6 10 60 4 Disambiguation of 'contrived to be cute': 2 2 3 4 5 82 1
  7. (colloquial) Thorough; utter. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adj-6L737GMp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English intensifiers, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 5 25 7 6 44 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 2 6 28 8 5 38 4 4 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 6 3 6 8 5 3 34 32 4 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 6 3 7 14 3 3 57 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pretious [obsolete] Related terms: appraise, appreciate, depreciate, praise, preciosity, precious few, precious little, price
Derived forms: eight-precious, non-precious, nonprecious, Precious Blood, precious coral, preciously, precious metal, preciousness, precious stone, semi-precious, semiprecious

Adverb

IPA: /ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/ Audio: en-us-precious.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-precious.wav
Rhymes: -ɛʃəs 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precious}} Middle English precious, {{der|en|fro|precios|t=valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical}} Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), {{der|en|la|pretiōsus|t=of great value, costly, dear, precious}} Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), {{m|la|pretium|t=value, price}} pretium (“value, price”), {{m|en|price}} price Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} precious (not comparable)
  1. Very; an intensifier. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-precious-en-adv-Ww7HL0tL Categories (other): English intensifiers Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 6 3 6 8 5 3 34 32 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pretious [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛʃ.əs/ Audio: en-us-precious.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-precious.wav Forms: preciouses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃəs 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precious}} Middle English precious, {{der|en|fro|precios|t=valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical}} Old French precios (“valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”), {{der|en|la|pretiōsus|t=of great value, costly, dear, precious}} Latin pretiōsus (“of great value, costly, dear, precious”), {{m|la|pretium|t=value, price}} pretium (“value, price”), {{m|en|price}} price Head templates: {{en-noun}} precious (plural preciouses)
  1. Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling.
    Sense id: en-precious-en-noun-Km0iljsD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pretious [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "թանկարժեք"
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "preciosu"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "qiymətli"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kaštóŭny",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "кашто́ўны"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "darahí",
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          "word": "дарагі́"
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          "roman": "cénen",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "це́нен"
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.hpui:tan",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "အဖိုးတန်"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
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          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "galvquodi",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "ᎦᎸᏉᏗ"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "寶貴"
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          "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",
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          "word": "vzácný"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "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"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "kostbaar"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "waardevol"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "kara"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "kosta"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "valorega"
        },
        {
          "_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"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "précieux"
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          "_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"
        },
        {
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          "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": [
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          ],
          "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "drága"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "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": "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "garonbaho",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "гаронбаҳо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qimatbaho",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "қиматбаҳо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "vilaiyurnta",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "விலையுர்ந்த"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "vilaimatippaṟṟa",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "விலைமதிப்பற்ற"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "amūlyamaina",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "అమూల్యమైన"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mee kâa",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "มีค่า"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mee bprà-yòht",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "มีประโยชน์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "değerli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "kıymetli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "gymmatbaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dorohocínnyj",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "дорогоці́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "koštóvnyj",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "кошто́вний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dorohýj",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "дороги́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "qīmtī",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "قیمتی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "qimmatbaho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "qimmat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "quý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 1 2 0 2 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "of high value or worth",
          "word": "quý báu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My precious daughter is to marry.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Regarded with love or tenderness."
      ],
      "id": "en-precious-en-adj-kkzbRmBH",
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "tenderness",
          "tenderness"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ljubim",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "любим"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "polýtimos",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "πολύτιμος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yaqár",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "יָקָר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "prezioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "adorato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "unico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "leef"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "değerli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 83 4 1 6 2 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "regarded with love",
          "word": "kıymetli"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He spent hours painting the eyes of the portrait, which his fellow artists regarded as a bit precious.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Treated with too much reverence."
      ],
      "id": "en-precious-en-adj-zDuqyUkZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "reverence",
          "reverence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) Treated with too much reverence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Writers are often very precious about their work.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extremely protective or strict (about something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-precious-en-adj-LFu1FX0Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about#Preposition"
        ],
        [
          "protective",
          "protective#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "strict",
          "strict#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, followed by about) Extremely protective or strict (about something)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by about"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Blasted; damned."
      ],
      "id": "en-precious-en-adj-cIb9iIbE",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "Blasted",
          "blasted"
        ],
        [
          "damned",
          "damned"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Blasted; damned."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contrived to be cute or charming."
      ],
      "id": "en-precious-en-adj-S4mPLy5u",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) Contrived to be cute or charming."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 8 6 10 60 4",
          "sense": "contrived to charm",
          "word": "saccharine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 8 6 10 60 4",
          "sense": "contrived to charm",
          "word": "syrupy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 5 8 6 10 60 4",
          "sense": "contrived to charm",
          "word": "twee"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 4 5 82 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "contrived to be cute",
          "word": "süßlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 4 5 82 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "contrived to be cute",
          "word": "kitschig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 3 4 5 82 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epitidevménos",
          "sense": "contrived to be cute",
          "word": "επιτηδευμένος"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "word": "kosbaar"
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      "word": "i çmuar"
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      "word": "ثَمِين"
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      "word": "թանկարժեք"
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      "word": "qiymətli"
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      "word": "кашто́ўны"
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      "word": "মূল্যবান"
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    {
      "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": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "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": "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": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "drag"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "precious"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English degree adverbs",
    "English endearing terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English intensifiers",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms of address",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛʃəs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛʃəs/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pretium",
        "t": "value, price"
      },
      "expansion": "pretium (“value, price”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "price"
      },
      "expansion": "price",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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": "preciouses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "precious (plural preciouses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit",
          "text": "“It isn't fair, my precious, is it, to ask us what it's got in its nassty little pocketses?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, Mrs. Teignmouth Shore, The Pride of the Graftons, page 57",
          "text": "She sat down with the dogs in her lap. \"I won't neglect you for any one, will I, my preciouses?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loved",
          "loved"
        ],
        [
          "darling",
          "darling"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English intensifiers",
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    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms of address",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "3": "precious"
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      "name": "inh"
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    },
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        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pretium",
        "t": "value, price"
      },
      "expansion": "pretium (“value, price”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "price"
      },
      "expansion": "price",
      "name": "m"
    }
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        {
          "text": "There is precious little we can do."
        },
        {
          "text": "precious few pictures of him exist"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "pretious"
    }
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}

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