nicery
English
Etymology
Noun
nicery (plural niceries)
- (colloquial, dated) nicety
- 1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- your minſing niceries, caffata pipkins , durance petticotes , & ſiluer bodkings
References
- “nicery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.