Associations to the word «Precieuse»
Wiktionary
PRÉCIEUSE, noun. An affected woman of polite society, especially one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.