niceness
noun/ˈnaɪsnɪs/
Etymology From nice + -ness.
1
Obsolete Silliness; folly.
2
Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
- 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 [translating mollesse].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 10, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
3
Obsolete Shyness; reserve.
- Methinks a young create of niceness should be less ready to write to one man, when she is designed to be another's.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
4
Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
5
Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
6
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Unix A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)
- Derived terms
- underniceness