Nicest vs Insect - What's the difference?
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(nice)
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
*, II.2:
* 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.
* 1998 , (Baha Men) -
* 2008 , Rachel Cooke, The Guardian , 20 Apr.:
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
* , chapter=8
, title= Used to signify a job well done.
Used to signify approval.
(transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
1=antenna 2=lower ocelli 3=upper ocelli 4=compound eye 5=brain 6=prothorax 7=dorsal artery 8=tracheal tubes 9=mesothorax 10=metathorax 11=first wing 12=second wing 13=midgut (stomach) 14=heart 15=ovary 16=hindgut 17=anus 18=vagina 19=nerve chord 20=Malpighian tubes 21=pillow 22=claws 23=tarsus 24=tibia 25=femur 26=trochanter 27=foregut 28=thoracic ganglion 29=coxa 30=salivary gland 31=subesophageal ganglion 32=mouthparts , detail3= }} An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
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, title= (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
A contemptible or powerless person.
As an adjective nicest
is (nice).As a noun insect is
an arthropod in the class insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.nicest
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Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* * *nice
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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."
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, 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
insect
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Noun
(en noun)William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}