Word definition: 'nice' • Lucid Lexicon

nice

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Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of nice

late 13^th century, "foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless"

from Old French nice (12^thc.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish"
from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing"

The German translation for the contemporary nice is "nett" which stems from Latin nitidus, making it equivalent to the English neat.

nice adjective

ignorant, unaware

polite, kind
pleasing, agreeable; appropriate, fitting
socially acceptable, well-bred; virtuous, respectable
possessing, marked by, or demanding great or excessive precision and delicacy
showing fastidious or finicky tastes, particular; exacting in requirements or standards

Informally also used as an adverb.

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In contemporary usage, nice is a synonym for many virtues and positive attributes! A complete ☣ distortion of the original sense and meaning ("foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless") or, literally, "not-knowing."

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense