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pretious

pretious

English

Adjective

pretious ‎(comparative more pretious, superlative most pretious)

Obsolete form of precious.
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XI, lxxv:
  In pretious cloths his leg the chieftain ties, / Naught could the man from blood and fight debar.