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5 definitions found 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 differences 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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: NICE The {Nonprofit International Consortium for Eiffel}. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: NICE Network Information and Control Exchange (DECNET)
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