Nice

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nice \Nice\ (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. {Nicer} (n[imac]"s[~e]r);
     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.
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              But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     2. Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial. [Obs.]
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              The letter was not nice, but full of charge
              Of dear import.                       --Shak.
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     3. Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy;
        fastidious in small matters.
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              Curious not knowing, not exact but nice. --Pope.
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              And to taste
              Think not I shall be nice.            --Milton.
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     4. Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
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              Dear love, continue nice and chaste.  --Donne.
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              A nice and subtile happiness.         --Milton.
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     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.
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     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.
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              The difference is too nice
              Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice. --Pope.
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     7. Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a
        nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce,
        etc. [Loosely & Colloquially]
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     8. Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.
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     9. Hence: Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.
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              He's making a list, checking it twice.
              Gonna find out who's naughty or nice
              Santa Claus is coming to town.        --Song.
  
     {To make nice of}, to be scrupulous about. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     Syn: Dainty; delicate; exquisite; fine; accurate; exact;
          correct; precise; particular; pleasant; kind;
          scrupulous; punctilious; fastidious; squeamish; finical;
          effeminate; silly; well-mannered; well-behaved.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  310 Moby Thesaurus words for "nice":
     Christian, Christlike, Christly, according to Hoyle, accurate,
     acute, advantageous, advertent, affable, affectionate, agog,
     agreeable, agreeably, alert, all ears, all eyes, ambrosial,
     amiable, amicable, appreciative, appropriate, assiduous, attentive,
     attractive, auspicious, aware, becoming, befitting, beneficial,
     benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bon, bonny, braw,
     brotherly, bueno, capital, careful, charming, cheerful, choicy,
     choosy, civilized, close, cogent, comfortably, commendable,
     compassionate, compatible, complaisant, complex, complicated,
     concentrated, condign, congenial, conscientious, conscious,
     constant, cordial, correct, courteous, critical, cultivated,
     cultured, dainty, dangerous, decent, decorous, delectable, delicat,
     delicate, delicious, delightful, delightfully, demanding,
     desirable, detailed, differential, diligent, direct, discerning,
     discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive,
     distinguishing, due, dulcet, earnest, elegant, en rapport,
     enjoyable, enjoyably, estimable, even, exact, exacting, excellent,
     exigent, expedient, express, exquisite, fair, fair and pleasant,
     faithful, famous, fastidious, faultless, favorable, felicific,
     felicitous, fine, finespun, finical, finicking, finicky, fit,
     fitting, flawless, fraternal, friendly, full, fussy, genial,
     gentlemanly, good, good to eat, good-tasting, goodly, graceful,
     gracile, gracious, grand, grateful, gratifying, gratifyingly,
     gustable, gusty, hair-splitting, hairline, hairsplitting, hairy,
     harmonious, healthy, heart-warming, heedful, helpful, honeyed,
     human, humane, inerrable, inerrant, infallible, intense, intent,
     intentive, intricate, judicious, juicy, keen, kind, kindhearted,
     kindly, kindly-disposed, kosher, ladylike, laudable, likable,
     likeable, loving, luscious, lush, mathematical, mellifluous,
     mellow, meticulous, micrometrically precise, microscopic, mindful,
     minute, narrow, neat, nectareous, nectarous, niggling, noble,
     normal, normative, observant, observing, of gourmet quality,
     old-maidish, old-womanish, on the ball, on the job, open-eared,
     open-eyed, openmouthed, outgoing, overconscientious,
     overparticular, overscrupulous, palatable, particular, penetrating,
     perceptive, perilous, pernickety, persnickety, picayune, picky,
     pinpoint, pleasant, pleasing, pleasingly, pleasurable,
     pleasure-giving, pleasureful, polished, polite, precarious,
     precious, precise, precisianistic, precisionistic, profitable,
     proper, punctilious, punctual, queasy, rare, refined, regal,
     regardful, religious, religiously exact, rewarding, right,
     right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigid, rigorous, royal,
     sage, sapid, sapient, satisfactory, satisfying, satisfyingly,
     savorous, savory, scientific, scientifically exact, scrumptious,
     scrupulous, scrutinizing, seemly, selective, sensitive, severe,
     sharp, skillful, slight, small, softhearted, sophisticated, sound,
     special, specific, splendid, square, squeamish, strict, stringent,
     subtle, succulent, suitable, superb, superior, sweet, sympathetic,
     sympathizing, tactful, tasty, tender, tender-conscienced,
     tenderhearted, ticklish, tidy, toothsome, trim, undeviating,
     unerring, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, warm, warm-hearted,
     warmhearted, watchful, welcome, winsome, wise, worthwhile, worthy,
     yummy
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  NICE
       
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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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Nice, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
     Population (2000):    2509
     Housing Units (2000): 1672
     Land area (2000):     2.211844 sq. miles (5.728649 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.211844 sq. miles (5.728649 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            51294
     Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
     Location:             39.126774 N, 122.850256 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     95464
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Nice, CA
      Nice