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nicety
English
Etymology
From Middle English nicetee, from Old French niceté (“simpleness, foolishness”), from nice (“simple, foolish”); equivalent to nice +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?s?ti/
Noun
nicety (countable and uncountable, plural niceties)
- A small detail or distinction.
- We met the new captain while we were taking enemy fire and were unable to observe the niceties of formal introductions.
- the fineness and niceties of words
- Subtlety or precision of use.
- A rocket-propelled grenade doesn't have the nicety of a sniper round, but you must admit its effectiveness.
- Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness
- (obsolete) That which is delicate to the taste.
Derived terms
- to a nicety
Translations
Further reading
- nicety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nicety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- nicety at OneLook Dictionary Search
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appropriateness
English
Etymology
appropriate +? -ness
Noun
appropriateness (uncountable)
- the quality or condition of being appropriate
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