overnice

as inpedantic

as inprecious
as inprissy
as inprudish
as ininkhorn
as inpedantical
as infastidious
as infinicky

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adj bookish, precise

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precious

adjective. extremely sophisticated and picky

Word Origin & History

late 13c., "foolish, stupid, senseless," from Old French nice (12c.) "careless, clumsy; weak; poor, needy; simple, stupid, silly, foolish," from Latin nescius "ignorant, unaware," literally "not-knowing," from ne- "not" (see un-) + stem of scire "to know" (see science). "The sense development has been extraordinary, even for an adj." [Weekley] -- from "timid" (pre-1300); to "fussy, fastidious" (late 14c.); to "dainty, delicate" (c.1400); to "precise, careful" (1500s, preserved in such terms as a nice distinction and nice and early); to "agreeable, delightful" (1769); to "kind, thoughtful" (1830).

By 1926, it was pronounced "too great a favorite with the ladies, who have charmed out of it all its individuality and converted it into a mere diffuser of vague and mild agreeableness." [Fowler]

Example Sentences for overnice

What was she trying to say with her dark hints and overnice scruples of a Puritan conscience?

overnice

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finicky

inkhorn

pedantic

pedantical

precious

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fastidious