Précieuses

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Notion

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

The Précieuses (French: la préciosité [la pʁesjɔzite], i.e. "preciousness") was a 17th-century French literary style and movement. The main features of this style are the refined language of aristocratic salons, periphrases, hyperbole, and puns on the theme of gallant love.

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