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Precious

/ˈpreʃəs/
Highly valued or important, often due to rarity or cost.

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They pollute our precious bodily fluids!Then it must be precious foggy?'It seemed too precious an offering for any degree of publicity.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English, derived from Old French precius, relating to Latin pretiosus, which means valuable, from pretium, meaning price or worth.

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