preciosity
/ˌpreʃɪˈɒsətɪ/noun
mass noun
- over-refinement in art, music, or language, especially in the choice of words（艺术、音乐或语言, 尤指用词）过分风雅, 故作风雅; 矫揉造作。
词源
mid 19th cent.: suggested by French préciosité, a sense derived from Molière's Les Précieuses Ridicules(1659)， a comedy in which ladies frequenting the literary salons of Paris were satirized.