Niceness

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈnʌɪsnáµ»s/

Origin

From nice + -ness.

Full definition of niceness

Noun

1. (obsolete) Silliness; folly. 16th c.
2. Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness. from 16th c.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.10:He was a good Citizen, of an honest-gentle nature, as are commonly fat and burly men; for so was he: But to speake truely of him, full of ambitious vanitie and remisse nicenesse .
3. (obsolete) Shyness; reserve. 16th-19th c.
4. Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity. from 17th c.
5. Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness. from 19th c.
6. (computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)

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