Precious (film) - Wikipedia In 1987, 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones lives in New York City 's Harlem neighborhood with her unemployed mother, Mary, who subjects her to constant physical, sexual, and verbal abuse Precious has also been raped by her now-absent father, Carl, resulting in two pregnancies
Precious (2009) - IMDb In 1987 Harlem, 16-year-old Claireece Jones, who goes by her middle name, Precious, is illiterate, overweight, and pregnant--for the second time, by the same man: her biological father, who has molested and raped her since she was a child, but whom she doesn't see otherwise
Precious - definition of precious by The Free Dictionary 1 of high price or great value: precious metals 2 highly esteemed for some nonmaterial quality: precious memories 3 dear; beloved: a precious child 4 designating a stone or crystal, esp a diamond, ruby, sapphire, or emerald, valued as rare and beautiful, used in jewelry
precious - WordReference. com Dictionary of English dear; beloved: a precious friend Jewelry designating a stone, esp a diamond, etc , valued as rare and beautiful and used in jewelry: precious stones acting too refined; affected: The child actress was just a little too precious n [countable * usually singular] a dearly beloved person; darling: Here, my precious, come and eat adv extremely;
precious - definition and meaning - Wordnik From Middle English precious, from Old French precios ("valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical"), from Latin pretiosus ("of great value, costly, dear, precious"), from pretium ("value, price"); see price