Nice vs Decoration - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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* 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams) , Oxford 2008, p.83:
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
* 1818 , (Jane Austen), (Persuasion) :
Showing]] or [[require, requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
* 1914 : (Saki), :
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p.242:
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), , IV.1:
* 1822 , T. Creevey, Reminiscences , 28 Jul.:
Respectable; virtuous.
Pleasant, satisfactory.
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* 2008 , Rachel Cooke, The Guardian , 20 Apr.:
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
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Used to signify approval.
(transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.
That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.
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Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.
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.As a noun decoration is
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Alternative forms
* nyc (non-standard)Etymology 1
From (etyl) nice, nyce, nys, from (etyl) nice, niche, .Adjective
(er)- 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.
- But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice in my dealings with the remainder.
- Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice . Birth and good manners are essential.
- "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."
- It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis os Moslem or gnostic.
- Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
- To set so rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good.
- It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
- When the party was nice , the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
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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, subtleAntonyms
* 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 * naughtyDerived terms
* nice and + adjective * nice and easy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * nicely * niceness * nice round number * nicety * sugar and spice and everything niceInterjection
(en-interj)!- Nice! I couldn't have done better.
- 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)Derived terms
* reniceExternal links
* * * *Niceat NiceDefinition.com
decoration
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("decoration on Wikiquote")Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.