- nice person
- friendly person, good guy, pleasant person
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
nice person
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nice — W2S1 [naıs] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(good)¦ 2¦(friendly)¦ 3¦(something you want)¦ 4 it s nice to know (that) 5 have a nice day! 6 nice to meet you 7 (it s been) nice meeting/talking to you 8¦(not nice)¦ 9 nice try 10 ni … Dictionary of contemporary English
Nice — (n[imac]s), a. [Compar. {Nicer} (n[imac] s[ e]r); superl. {Nicest}.] [OE., foolish, fr. OF. nice ignorant, fool, fr. L. nescius ignorant; ne not + scius knowing, scire to know. Perhaps influenced by E. nesh delicate, soft. See {No}, and {Science} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nice figure — nice person, pleasant person; attractive body, good looking body … English contemporary dictionary
nice — adjective (nicer; nicest) Etymology: Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Anglo French, silly, simple, from Latin nescius ignorant, from nescire not to know more at nescience Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a. wanton, dissolute b. coy, reticent … New Collegiate Dictionary
person — per|son W1S2 [ˈpə:sən US ˈpə:r ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: persone, from Latin persona actor s mask, character in a play, person , probably from Etruscan phersu mask ] 1.) plural people [ˈpi:pəl] a human being, especially… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast — Studio album by Julie London Released … Wikipedia
nice´-Nel´lie — nice Nelly or nice Nellie, plural nice Nellies. Slang. a person who is overly modest or prudish: »By 1916, Dreiser was the hero of the avant garde and the pet peeve of the nice Nellies, who denounced “The Genius” as literary sewage and got it… … Useful english dictionary
nice´-Nel´ly — nice Nelly or nice Nellie, plural nice Nellies. Slang. a person who is overly modest or prudish: »By 1916, Dreiser was the hero of the avant garde and the pet peeve of the nice Nellies, who denounced “The Genius” as literary sewage and got it… … Useful english dictionary
nice as pie — If a person is nice as pie, they are surprisingly very kind and friendly. After our argument, she was nice as pie! … The small dictionary of idiomes
nice nelly — nice′ nel′ly (or Nel′ly) [[t]ˈnɛl i[/t]] n. a person who professes or exhibits excessive modesty, prudishness, or the like • Etymology: 1925–30 nice′ nel′ly, nice′ Nel′ly, adj … From formal English to slang
