[MD] Precious ?

[David Thomas]

On 1/19/12 4:27 AM, "Ian Glendinning" <ian.glendinning at gmail.com> ask:

> Question - does the English use of the word "precious" translate into
> US / abroad ?
> As in one person describing another as being "precious" or "precious about X"
> ?
"Precious about X-thing" I don't recall reading or hearing here. The phrase
"He/she is so precious" is occasionally used, usually by doting mothers or
grandmothers to refer their young children meaning something like
"precociously endearing"

Dave