Niceness; delicacy of perception.

Excess of delicacy; fastidiousness; squeamishness. So love doth lothe disdainful nicety.

Minute difference; as the niceties of words.

Minuteness of observation or discrimination; precision. The connoisseur judges of the beauties of a painting with great nicety.

Delicate management; exactness in treatment. Love such nicety requires. One blast will put out all his fires.

Niceties, in the plural, delicacies for food; dainties.