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† nicebecetur Obs.
Also 6 nyse-, nycebecetur (-byceter), nycibecetour.
[Origin obscure; perh. a fanciful formation from nice a. The earliest and latest quots. appear to show different stressings of the word.]
A dainty, fine, or fashionable girl or woman.
c1520Bk. Mavd Emlyn 225 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 90 To gete gownes and furs, These nysebeceturs, Of men sheweth theyr pyte. a1530Heywood Weather (Brandl) 898 Another maner losse yf we sholde mys Then of such nyce⁓byceters as she is. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 120 b, In suche did..the other nycibecetours or denty dames customably use..to bee carryed about. 1546Heywood Prov. i. xi. (1874) 57 Betweene you and your Ginifinee Nycebecetur. [a1553Udall Roister Doister i. iv. 12.] 1584in Cl. Robinson Handful Pleasant Delights (Arb.) 14 Farewel good Nicibicetur, God send you a sweeter.
So † nicebice. Obs. rare—1.
1595Locrine iii. iv, No, by my troth, mistresse nicebice, how fine you can nickname me. |