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  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.




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