naiceadj.

Brit.

/neɪs/, U.S.

/neɪs/

Forms: 1900s– nace, 1900s– naice.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nice adj.

Etymology: Representing a supposed English upper-class pronunciation of nice adj.Compare the following, in which verra naice is a representation of very nice spoken in an Italian accent:1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights 115 I was trying to copy in water-colors an oil painting..Madame Tecchi had brought it to me, and assured me I could do it ‘verra naice’.

Frequently derogatory.

Genteel, over-refined, or affected, in a manner supposed to be characteristic of or agreeable to the English upper classes.

ΚΠ

1905 H. G. Wells Kipps ii. ii. 182 Of course we can Learn even from Novels, Nace Novels that is, but it isn't the same thing as serious reading.

1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. iii. 112 ‘So naice, I always think, these Corner Houses,’ says Mrs. Cloudesley.

1950 Spectator 29 Sept. 354/2 If you want to read about nice people who are really nice and not in the least ‘naice’, you will enjoy..Rain on the Wind.

1973 Observer 17 June (Colour Suppl.) 46/4 The girls in well-cut tweeds from the ‘naice’ public schools.

1992 J. Burchill Sex & Sensibility 172 If it is a disease that affects ‘all’ of us, then why are its spokesmen such naice young white men who look better suited to running antique stalls in Brighton?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	naice
释义	naiceadj. Brit. /neɪs/, U.S. /neɪs/ Forms: 1900s– nace, 1900s– naice. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nice adj. Etymology: Representing a supposed English upper-class pronunciation of nice adj.Compare the following, in which verra naice is a representation of very nice spoken in an Italian accent:1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights 115 I was trying to copy in water-colors an oil painting..Madame Tecchi had brought it to me, and assured me I could do it ‘verra naice’. Frequently derogatory. Genteel, over-refined, or affected, in a manner supposed to be characteristic of or agreeable to the English upper classes. ΚΠ 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps ii. ii. 182 Of course we can Learn even from Novels, Nace Novels that is, but it isn't the same thing as serious reading. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves ii. iii. 112 ‘So naice, I always think, these Corner Houses,’ says Mrs. Cloudesley. 1950 Spectator 29 Sept. 354/2 If you want to read about nice people who are really nice and not in the least ‘naice’, you will enjoy..Rain on the Wind. 1973 Observer 17 June (Colour Suppl.) 46/4 The girls in well-cut tweeds from the ‘naice’ public schools. 1992 J. Burchill Sex & Sensibility 172 If it is a disease that affects ‘all’ of us, then why are its spokesmen such naice young white men who look better suited to running antique stalls in Brighton? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1905
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