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A word that means nice word?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

kind

The word 'nice' originally meant precise or exact, as in "Nice shot!"

As the word has been misused with impunity and as language has evolved it is now used to mean good, kind, pretty, etc..

The phrase 'nice word' would therefore mean the same as 'the right word' or 'le mot juste'. I don't think there is a single word to convey, as Flaubert might have put it, 'le seul mot juste'.

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13y ago

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