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It meant fussy, delicate, quibbling. It was not a complimentary word: it suggested artificial and trivial distinctions or considerations, often meant to avoid unpleasantness.

This is Buckingham from Richard III:

"My lord, this argues conscience in your grace;

But the respects thereof are nice and trivial,

All circumstances well considered."

In other words, your heart is in the right place, but if you look at it closely, your argument is nothing but trivial and insignificant concerns.

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