Added 8 October 2026
nice
/naɪ̯s/ adjective
In Latin: lepidus Wiktionary
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- Pleasant, satisfactory, complimentary. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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Of a person: friendly, attractive.
You weren’t nice to me this morning.
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Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
interjection
noun
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Origin
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nesciō (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + sciō (“to know”).
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