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Suzanne Castello was a member of the middle class with what she described as a nice house and a nice car when she decided to leave her emotionally abusive husband.

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  1. adjective Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time.
  2. adjective Having a pleasant or attractive appearance: a nice dress; a nice face.
  3. adjective Exhibiting courtesy and politeness: a nice gesture.
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  • So it's kind of nice, the sun and the moon getting together this way, even if one is eating the other. —  Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish
  • JANE AUSTEN Delaford is a nice place I can tell you; exactly what I call a nice, old-fashioned place, full of comforts, quite shut in with great garden-walls that are covered with fruit-trees, and such a mulberry-tree in the corner. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14
  • As for Kramer, he is disillusioned to learn that something like this could happen in what he called a nice neighborhood. —  SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
  • He can truly be described as a nice guy-and "nice" is exactly what he likes about Miley. —  I'm Not Obsessed -
  • Chris Scott Barr - Associate Editor touch screen: oh wow, now this is what I call a nice invention. web design: juice box's packaging is looking so beautiful that everyone would like to buy it! —  OhGizmo!
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  1. Middle English, foolish, from Old French, from Latin nescius, ignorant, from nescīre, to be ignorant; see nescience.

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  1. from Middle English nice, nyce, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce, simple, foolish, ignorant, French nice, simple, foolish, = Provencal nec, nesci = Spanish necio = Portuguese nescio, foolish, impudent, ignorant, = Italian nescio, ignorant, from Latin nescius, ignorant, not knowing; cf. nescire, know not, be ignorant of, from ne, not, + scire, know: see science, and cf. nescious, nescient. All the senses proceed from the literally meaning ‘ignorant,’ whence ‘unwise, imprudent, foolish, fastidious, particular, exact, delicate, fine, agreeable,’ etc., in a process of development which may be compared with that of fond, ‘foolish, weakly affectioned, affectionate,’ etc., of innocent, ‘harmless, simple, foolish, lunatic,’ etc., of lewd, ‘ignorant, simple, rude, coarse, vile,’ etc, of silly, ‘happy, blessed, innocent, foolish,’ etc., and other words in which the notion of ‘ignorance’ is variously developed in opposite directions. Some assume a confusion of nice with the Old French and F. niais, simple (see nias); but this is unnecessary.
 

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