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cromulent | nice |

As an adjective cromulent

is (humorous) fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.

As a proper noun nice is

a city in southeast france on the coast of the mediterranean sea, capital of the department of alpes-maritimes.

cromulent

English

(Wikipedia)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (humorous) Fine, acceptable or normal; excellent, realistic, legitimate or authentic.
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 1996-02-18 , people = Matt Groening et al. , episode = , title = , season = 7 , number = 16 , section = production code 3F13 , passage = Mrs. Krabappel:'' "Embiggens"? I never heard that word before moving to Springfield.
    ''Ms. Hoover:'' I don't know why, it's a perfectly cromulent''' word.

    ''Principal Skinner:'' He's embiggened that role with his ' cromulent performance. }}

  • * {{quote-song
    • , date = 2005-08-27 , composer = (MC Frontalot) , title = Nerdcore Rising , album = (Nerdcore Rising) , url = http://last.fm/music/MC+Frontalot/_/Nerdcore+Rising , passage = We consider the possibleness of this not overstated.
    And I know that "possibleness" is not a cromulent word;
    every syllable injected is intended to be the one you heard
    (an absurd juxtaposition of mission and goal). }}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 2006-04-10 , title = Obituaries and In Memoriams: Benjamin Sidney Linton , newspaper = Charlotte Observer , passage = He had a boundless passion for music and entertained many with his beautiful voice and perfectly cromulent sense of humor. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2007-10-26 , first = Alan M. , last = Polansky , title = Observed Confidence Levels , publisher = Chapman & Hall , location = Boca Raton , isbn = 9781584888024 , ol = 12313827M , page = 216 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=Orh1ItRBVcEC&pg=PA216&dq=cromulent , passage = There are certainly other cromulent techniques which may perform well for certain models and assumptions. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2008 , first = David A. , last = Karp , title = Windows Vista Annoyances , publisher = , location = Sebastopol , isbn = 9780596527624 , ol = 10781059M , page = 505 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=5SbK_xPgnK8C&pg=PA505&dq=cromulent , passage = Of course, you may encounter a new program that doesn't work reliably with UNC paths, and this is a perfectly cromulent workaround. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2009-05-15 , first = Bryan , last = O'Sullivan , coauthors = Stewart, Don; Goerzen, John , title = Real World Haskell , publisher = , location = Sebastopol , isbn = 9780596514983 , ol = 22647856M , page = 86 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=nh0okI1a1sQC&pg=PA86&dq=cromulent , passage = How well does this function work? For positive integers, it's perfectly cromulent . }}

    See also

    * embiggen English terms derived from The Simpsons

    nice

    English

    Alternative forms

    * nyc (non-standard)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) nice, nyce, nys, from (etyl) nice, niche, .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
  • *, II.2:
    • There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
  • * 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams) , Oxford 2008, p.83:
    • But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice in my dealings with the remainder.
  • (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
  • * 1818 , (Jane Austen), (Persuasion) :
    • Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice . Birth and good manners are essential.
  • Showing]] or [[require, requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
  • * 1914 : (Saki), :
    • "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
    • It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis os Moslem or gnostic.
  • * 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p.242:
    • Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
  • (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
  • * 1598 , (William Shakespeare), , IV.1:
    • To set so rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good.
  • * 1822 , T. Creevey, Reminiscences , 28 Jul.:
    • It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
  • Respectable; virtuous.
  • Pleasant, satisfactory.
  • * 1998 , (Baha Men) -
    • When the party was nice , the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
  • * 2008 , Rachel Cooke, The Guardian , 20 Apr.:
    • "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
  • Of a person: friendly, attractive.
  • With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
    Quotations
    * 1710 , (Jonathan Swift), No. XIV *: I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs. * 1930 , , (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case) *: Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into. * 1973 , Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril! *: Nice one, Cyril!
    Usage notes
    Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess.
    Synonyms
    * charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet * charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty * (subtle) fine, subtle
    Antonyms
    * horrible, horrid, nasty * horrible, horrid, nasty * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory * naughty
    Related terms
    * nicety
    Derived terms
    * nice and + adjective * nice and easy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * nicely * niceness * nice round number * nicety * sugar and spice and everything nice

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (colloquial) Nicely.
    • Children, play nice .
    He dresses real nice .

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!
  • Used to signify a job well done.
    • Nice! I couldn't have done better.
  • Used to signify approval.
    • Is that your new car? Nice!

    Etymology 2

    Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.

    Verb

    (nic)
  • (transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
    • Derived terms
    * renice

    External links

    * * * * Nice at NiceDefinition.com

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