nicety

Meaning

Noun

• A small detail or distinction.
• Subtlety or precision of use; exactness; preciseness.
• Delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness
• That which is delicate to the taste.

Origin

• From Middle English nicetee, from Old French niceté ("simpleness, foolishness"), from nice; equivalent to nice + -ity.