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arsenic pigmentation (medicine)


arsenic pigmentation
Generalised but spotty increased melanin pigmentation of the skin in chronic arsenic poisoning.


nicety (iou)



nicety noun. ME.
[Old French nicete, formed as NICE adjective + -TY1.]
I. Foolish or irresponsible conduct, stupidity; an instance of this. ME-L15.
Lasciviousness, lust. Only in LME.
Reserve, shyness, coyness; an instance of this. LME-M18.
Sloth, idleness. rare. Only in LME.
Overrefinement; rare luxuriousness. LME-M17.
Precision, accuracy, minuteness. LME.
S. Johnson Those who can distinguish with the utmost nicety the boundaries of vice and virtue.
b. A (specified) degree of precision. Freq. in to a nicety, precisely, exactly. M18.
a. Scrupulosity, punctiliousness. L16.
b. Fastidiousness. E18.
The quality of requiring close consideration; delicacy, intricacy, subtlety; the point at which these qualities are required. E18.
K. Amis Was this not excessive even for van den Haag, known as he was..to be no strict observer of diplomatic nicety?
II.
Orig. (now rare), something choice, elegant, or dainty, esp. something to eat. Later, a social courtesy, a point of Etiquette or manners. Usu. in pl. LME.
A. T. Ellis She could no more be bothered with the niceties of drawing-room small talk than could a fox.
A fine or minute distinction; a subtle point or detail; in pl. also, minutiae. L16.
D. Macdonald He was a speaker..who paid..more attention to the niceties of delivering a lecture than to literary technique.