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Webster 1913 Edition
Nicety
Ni′ce-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Niceties
(#)
. [OE.
niceté
foolishness.] 1.
The quality or state of being nice (in any of the senses of that word.).
The miller smiled of her
nicety
. Chaucer.
2.
Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.
3.
A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction.
The fineness and
niceties
of words. Locke.
To a nicety
, with great exactness or accuracy.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nicety
NICETY
, n.1.
Niceness; delicacy of perception.2.
Excess of delicacy; fastidiousness; squeamishness.So love doth lothe disdainful nicety.
3.
Minute difference; as the niceties of words.4.
Minuteness of observation or discrimination; precision. The connoisseur judges of the beauties of a painting with great nicety.5.
Delicate management; exactness in treatment.Love such nicety requires. One blast will put out all his fires.
6.
Niceties, in the plural, delicacies for food; dainties.