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nitid, a.|ˈnɪtɪd|
[ad. L. nitid-us, f. nitēre to shine.]
Bright, shining, polished, glossy, in lit. or fig. senses.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1661H. D. Disc. Liturg. 5 Such an affectation of nitid words and curious phrases. 1671Flamsteed in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 114 A perfect appearance of the sun..with a most nitid periphery. 1728Thomson Spring 30 The nitid Hues Which speck them o'er. 1760Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 183 Nitid, bright; when the smoothness of the Leaves causes them to shine. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. II. 320 Una resembles a pearl, loveliest in a strong and open daylight, where all her nitid beauties show most clearly. 1823Syd. Smith Wks. (1850) 376 Forth from his bill-case this votary of Plutus took his nitid Newlands. 1851Beck's Florist 36 The flowers..spring from a singularly nitid imbricated spike of large bracts.
Hence niˈtidity, ‘cleanness, brightness, trimness’ (Blount 1656); ˈnitidous a., Bot. ‘having a smooth and polished surface’ (Ogilvie 1882). |