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Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nice \Nice\, a. [Compar. Nicer; superl. Nicest.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius
knowing, scire to know. perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See {No}, and {Science}.] 1. Foolish; silly; simple;
ignorant; also, weak; effeminate. [Obs.] --Gower.
But say that we ben wise and nothing nice. --Chaucer.
2. Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial. [Obs.]
The letter was not nice, but full of charge Of dear import. --Shak.
3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
Curious not knowing, not exact but nice. --Pope.
And to taste Think not I shall be nice. --Milton.
4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Dear love, continue nice and chaste. --Donne.
A nice and subtile happiness. --Milton.
5. Apprehending slight diffferences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a
nice taste or judgment. ''Our author happy in a judge so nice.'' --Pope. ''Nice verbal criticism.'' --Coleridge.
6. Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine;
finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close
discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
The difference is too nice Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice. --Pope.
7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
[Loosely & Colloquially]
To make nice of, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact; correct; precise; particular; scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish;
finical; effeminate; silly.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn)
nice adj 1: pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so
nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and
tomatoes are nice today" [ant: {nasty}] 2: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice
girl" [syn: {decent}] 3: done with delicacy and skill; "a nice bit of craft"; "a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer";
"a nice shot" [syn: {skillful}] 4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking";
"so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: {dainty}, {overnice}, {prissy}, {squeamish}] 5: noting
distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument" [syn:
{discriminate}] 6: exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture" [syn: {courteous}, {gracious}] n : a city in southeastern
France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera [syn: {Nice}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) (gazetteer)
Nice, CA (CDP, FIPS 51294) Location: 39.12528 N, 122.85051 W Population (1990): 2126 (1315 housing units) Area: 5.5
sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95464 |
