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overrefined — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
overrefined — adjective Refined to an excessive degree … Wiktionary
overrefined — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, allergic, anaphylactic, apparently sound, artificial, casuistic, chichi, colorable, deceptive, delicate, disingenuous, elaborate, elaborated, elegant, empathetic,… … Moby Thesaurus
overrefined — adj. excessively refined; excessively improved; excessively fine, excessively finespunv. overly refine; be excessively or undesirably fastidious about small refinements (especially regarding subtle points of an argument) … English contemporary dictionary
overrefined — adjective excessively delicate or refined • Syn: ↑superfine • Similar to: ↑refined … Useful english dictionary
precious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. priceless, costly; precise, overrefined, overnice; beloved, dear. See dearness, affectation. Ant., worthless, cheap. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Valuable] Syn. high priced, costly, dear; see… … English dictionary for students
Precious — Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or worth;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Precious metals — Precious Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Precious stones — Precious Pre cious, a. [OF. precious, precius, precios, F. pr[ e]cieux, L. pretiosus, fr. pretium price, worth, value. See {Price}.] 1. Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone. The precious bane. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of great value or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Minor characters on Frasier — Besides the main characters Frasier Crane, his father Martin and brother Niles, Daphne Moon, Roz Doyle and a few others, there are several minor characters who regularly appear on the American television sitcom Frasier, or who have important but… … Wikipedia
