If you grew up as a teen in the 90s like I did everyone had a tagname or a nickname…. mine was “Nicety” after the song sung by Michel’le. As I was thinking of the content to add to these pages I though of my old tagname and was interested to see if it actually was a real word. It actually is! Here its definition from Webster.
nicety
One entry found.
Main Entry:
Pronunciation: \ n?-s?-t?, -st?\
Function:Inflected Form(s): nice·ties
Etymology: Middle English nicete, from Anglo-French niceté foolishness, from nice, adjective
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1 : the quality or state of being nice 2 : an elegant, delicate, or civilized feature <enjoy the niceties of life> 3 : a fine point or distinction : subtlety <the niceties of table manners> 4 : careful attention to details : delicate exactness : precision 5 : delicacy of taste or feeling : fastidiousness
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