Nice Nellyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnʌɪs ˈnɛli/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪs ˈnɛli/

Forms: 1900s– Nice Nellie, 1900s– Nice Nelly, 1900s– nice Nelly.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: nice adj., proper name Nellie.

Etymology: < nice adj. + Nellie, Nelly, pet form of the female forenames Eleanor and Helen (see nelly n.²). Compare nice nellyism n.

North American colloquial (depreciative).

A. n.

A person who is excessively concerned with maintaining an appearance of propriety or respectability; a prudish or fastidious person. Cf. nelly n.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety > person

prig1677

prigster1688

prim1699

bluenose1903

Nice Nelly1922

priss1923

prissy1927

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person

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hypercritic1634

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quiddle1793

faddle1881

faddy1887

perfectionist1909

Nice Nelly1922

1922 Boston Daily Globe 12 Apr. 16/6 I met Nice Nellie last night,..and the poor thing was suffering the tortures of the darned.

1924 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Feb. g/7 I can't say it, because I'm a nice Nellie.

1931 W. White in H. L. Gates Jr. & G. A. Jarrett New Negro (2007) v. 354/2 Zola and Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis pulled off the cover from unloveliness and stupidity and made the nice-nellies view what lay beneath.

1943 Billboard 15 May 21/2 (headline) Brass hats called Nice Nellies as soldier songs are laundered.

1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise xi. 147 Observe how it gets our man off the hook for the squalid Watergate dialogues... In short, he would have covered his flanks (with honey) against the Nice Nellies.

2002 M. Murray in M. Hilmes & J. Loviglio Radio Reader vii. 143 The network censors clamped down on..double entendres, earning the contempt of radio performers, who accused them of pandering to the whims of ‘Nice Nellies’ and ‘Prim Pollies’.

B. adj.

Prudish, fastidious; overly concerned with respectability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper

moy1487

strait-laced1554

mima1586

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prick-eared1707

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missy-like1831

primmy1857

pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857

antiseptic1891

blue-nosed1893

prissy1894

Nice Nelly1922

prissified1923

prunes and prismy1931

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective]

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ticklec1456

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elegant?1533

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Nice Nelly1922

perfectionist1942

snicketya1960

perfectionistic1968

1922 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 19 Apr. 4/1 We are a heavy subscriber to the Anti-Cigarette League, the Anti-Saloon League, the Nice Nellie Association for the Mitigation of Harsh Words, [etc.].

1943 Billboard 22 May 23/2 The Air Force has not gone ‘Nice Nelly’, he said, in banning some eight more or less popular songs, including Mademoiselle From Armentieres.

1952 G. Dixon in Daily Mirror (N.Y.) 8 July 4/5 I've got to use ‘heck’ [for hell] because practically all my editors are..being more rabidly nice Nellie than usual.

1965 Denton (Texas) Rec.-Chron. 21 Dec. 6/2 Why girls and women offer limp fingertips is a mystery... For sure, the effect is too nice-Nelly in our times.

1996 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 Nov. k5 The mephitic cultural collapse that Nice-Nellie conservatism is powerless to stop.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nice nelly
释义	Nice Nellyn.adj. Brit. /ˌnʌɪs ˈnɛli/, U.S. /ˈnaɪs ˈnɛli/ Forms: 1900s– Nice Nellie, 1900s– Nice Nelly, 1900s– nice Nelly. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: nice adj., proper name Nellie. Etymology: < nice adj. + Nellie, Nelly, pet form of the female forenames Eleanor and Helen (see nelly n.²). Compare nice nellyism n. North American colloquial (depreciative). A. n. A person who is excessively concerned with maintaining an appearance of propriety or respectability; a prudish or fastidious person. Cf. nelly n.² 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected propriety > person prig1677 prigster1688 prim1699 bluenose1903 Nice Nelly1922 priss1923 prissy1927 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] > fastidious person abrodietical1623 hypercritic1634 over-critica1661 finick1706 delicate1710 finicking1744 fidfad1754 quiddle1793 faddle1881 faddy1887 perfectionist1909 Nice Nelly1922 1922 Boston Daily Globe 12 Apr. 16/6 I met Nice Nellie last night,..and the poor thing was suffering the tortures of the darned. 1924 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Feb. g/7 I can't say it, because I'm a nice Nellie. 1931 W. White in H. L. Gates Jr. & G. A. Jarrett New Negro (2007) v. 354/2 Zola and Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis pulled off the cover from unloveliness and stupidity and made the nice-nellies view what lay beneath. 1943 Billboard 15 May 21/2 (headline) Brass hats called Nice Nellies as soldier songs are laundered. 1990 W. Sheed Ess. in Disguise xi. 147 Observe how it gets our man off the hook for the squalid Watergate dialogues... In short, he would have covered his flanks (with honey) against the Nice Nellies. 2002 M. Murray in M. Hilmes & J. Loviglio Radio Reader vii. 143 The network censors clamped down on..double entendres, earning the contempt of radio performers, who accused them of pandering to the whims of ‘Nice Nellies’ and ‘Prim Pollies’. B. adj. Prudish, fastidious; overly concerned with respectability. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] chisa700 estfula1000 esquaymous1303 squeamousc1325 overnicec1350 curiousc1380 dangerousc1386 delicatea1393 preciousc1395 nicec1400 skigc1400 over-delicatea1425 daintethc1430 ticklec1456 quaint1483 dauncha1500 pickinga1500 feat?1529 elegant?1533 queasy1545 fine1546 fine-fingered1549 fastidious?1555 fine-mouthed1559 chary1567 weamish1571 saucy1573 dainty1576 superfine1576 niced1577 overcurious1579 nicing1581 fineish1582 prick-me-dainty1583 daint1590 finical1592 tiptoe-nice1593 nice1594 nicking1598 choice1601 squeamish1608 marchpane1609 hypercritical1611 particular1616 finicking1661 overcritical1667 just so1696 penurious1703 fal-lal1747 ogertful1754 nackety1756 quiddling1789 pernickety1808 pershittie1808 taffety1814 hypercritic1820 faddy1824 finicky1825 meticulous1827 daintified1834 squeamy1838 picksome1855 choosey1862 picky1867 hyperaesthetic1879 persnickety1885 précieux1891 perskeet1897 tasty1905 Nice Nelly1922 perfectionist1942 snicketya1960 perfectionistic1968 1922 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 19 Apr. 4/1 We are a heavy subscriber to the Anti-Cigarette League, the Anti-Saloon League, the Nice Nellie Association for the Mitigation of Harsh Words, [etc.]. 1943 Billboard 22 May 23/2 The Air Force has not gone ‘Nice Nelly’, he said, in banning some eight more or less popular songs, including Mademoiselle From Armentieres. 1952 G. Dixon in Daily Mirror (N.Y.) 8 July 4/5 I've got to use ‘heck’ [for hell] because practically all my editors are..being more rabidly nice Nellie than usual. 1965 Denton (Texas) Rec.-Chron. 21 Dec. 6/2 Why girls and women offer limp fingertips is a mystery... For sure, the effect is too nice-Nelly in our times. 1996 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 Nov. k5 The mephitic cultural collapse that Nice-Nellie conservatism is powerless to stop. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1922
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