Definitions for the word "nice" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. superl.
Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. superl.
Of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. superl.
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. superl.
Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. superl.
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. superl.
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
1 pleasant, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. Bad or awkward (nice mess). 4 fine or subtle (nice distinction). 5 fastidious; delicately sensitive. 6 (foll. By an adj., often with and) satisfactory in terms of the quality described (a nice long time; nice and warm). nicely adv. Niceness n. Nicish adj. (also niceish). [originally = foolish, from latin nescius ignorant]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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