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Definition of 'pretious'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (label) (A form of) .
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XI, lxxv:
  • *:In pretious cloths his leg the chieftain ties, / Naught could the man from blood and fight debar.