niceness

== English == === Etymology === From nice +‎ -ness. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnaɪsnɪs/ === Noun === niceness (countable and uncountable, plural nicenesses) (obsolete) Silliness; folly. [16th c.] Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness. [from 16th c.] (obsolete) Shyness; reserve. [16th–19th c.] Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity. [from 17th c.] Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness. [from 19th c.] (computing, Unix) A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.) ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === incenses