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niceness

/ˈnaɪsnəs/NIGH-snuhs
/ˈnaɪsnəs/NIGH-snuhs

Meaningthe state or quality of being nice

Common meaning: the state or quality of being nice (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchnicesource
  2. Middle Englishnice‘foolish, simple’source
  3. Englishnice‘pleasant’
  4. Englishformed in English from niceniceness‘the state or quality of being nice (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the state or quality of being nice. It can be inferred from any of: nice.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from nice + -ness (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • nice Old French · source word “ignorant”

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