Laurie Barber's My Word: the origin of the word nice

By Laurie Barber
Updated November 12 2017 - 4:19pm, first published 4:03pm
A new meaning: Laurie Barber has trawled through his dictionaries to uncover the changing meaning of the word 'nice'.
A new meaning: Laurie Barber has trawled through his dictionaries to uncover the changing meaning of the word 'nice'.

The word nice was once a term of abuse.

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