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Nicety


NICETY, noun

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.