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Preciousness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being precious. uncountable, usually

    "In a fascinating growth, when the preciousness of the new fades with no one noticing, the room had changed, evolving into something else."

  2. 2
    the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined wordnet
  3. 3
    the positive quality of being precious and beyond value wordnet
  4. 4
    the quality possessed by something with a great price or value wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -ness.

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