NICETY, noun 1. Niceness; delicacy of perception. 2. Excess of delicacy; fastidiousness; squeamishness. So love doth lothe disdainful nicety 3. Minute difference; as the niceties of words. 4. Minuteness of observation or discrimination; precision. The connoisseur judges of the beauties of a painting with great nicety 5. Delicate management; exactness in treatment. Love such nicety requires. One blast will put out all his fires. 6. Niceties, in the plural, delicacies for food; dainties.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI