HOMUNCULUS . .

Our little Tilly when she was four.  She was perfect but miniature in statue

 homunculus ho·mun·cu·lus (hō-mŭng'kyə-ləs, hə-)

n. pl. ho·mun·cu·li (-lī')

1. A diminutive human.
2. A miniature, fully formed individual which adherents of the early biological theory of pre-formation believed to be present in the sperm cell.  From Dictionary.com

Matilda was born Four and a half pound in weight and she was barely 17 inches long.  She was very very tiny.  She was strong at birth in spite of her tiny size.  She did not have to suffer the Humidicrib and be away from her Mumma because of this inner strength she came with.

We kept her close as close could be.  I knew this was what she needed to survive what she had come through.  She had been marked by her fathers extra marital affair .. the situation where both of us were forced to live through hell together and survive. 

Matilda and I were one during that time and she had to survive this most disgusting act.  One which I should have run away from right there and then, but did I?  No, obviously not.  Now I live with the results of my past decisions ,but sadly her father doesn't.

It was his will that almost killed our child before she was born.  Felicity Norman Elliot would be my witness to this truth.

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NICE.... the word.

While away last week my friend said I used the word NICE a lot.  He asked me my definition of NICE and I replied with COMFORTABLE... anyway this lead me to come home and read the dictionary and revisit the word: 

 

nice

adjective \ˈnīs\

 : giving pleasure or joy : good and enjoyable

: attractive or of good quality

: kind, polite, and friendly

 

nic·ernic·est

Full Definition of NICE

1

obsolete

a :  wanton, dissolute

b :  coy, reticent

2

a :  showing fastidious or finicky tastes :  particular <too nice a palate to enjoy junk food>

b :  exacting in requirements or standards :  punctilious <a nice code of honor>

3

:  possessing, marked by, or demanding great or excessive precision and delicacy <nice measurements>

4

obsolete :  trivial

5

a :  pleasing, agreeable <a nice time> <a nice person>

b :  well-executed <nice shot>

c :  appropriate, fitting <not a nice word for a formal occasion>

6

a :  socially acceptable :  well-bred <from a nice family>

b :  virtuous, respectable <was taught that nice girls don't do that>

7

:  polite, kind <that's nice of you to say>

— nice adverb

— nice·ly adverb

— nice·ness noun

Examples of NICE

1. I hope you all had a nice time.
2. It's so nice to see you again.
3. It's nice to be back home.
4. It's nice to know that you're all right.
5. It would be nice to try something different.
6. We had a very nice dinner.
7. “Hello, my name is Sara.” “It's nice to meet you, Sara.”
8. It's nice to see you, Luis. How have you been?
9. She wears the nicest clothes.
10. He looks nice in his new suit.

 

Origin of NICE

Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Anglo-French, silly, simple, from Latin nescius ignorant, from nescire not to know — more at nescience

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to NICE

Synonyms

befitting, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, genteel, proper, polite, respectable, seemly

Antonyms

improper, inappropriate, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, unbecoming, ungenteel, unseemly

Related Words

acceptable, adequate, satisfactory, tolerable; dress, dressy, formal; dignified, elegant, gracious; priggish, prim, stiff, stuffy; apt, material, relevant; compatible, congenial, harmonious; allowed, authorized, kosher, permitted

Near Antonyms

intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory; casual, grungy, informal; seedy, shabby, tacky; banned, barred, disallowed; forbidden, interdicted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed; awkward, gauche, ungraceful

Rhymes with NICE

dice, gneiss, ice, lyse, pice, price, rice, slice, spice, splice, syce, thrice, trice, twice, vice, vise

 

Nice

geographical name \ˈnēs\

Definition of NICE

city & port SE France on the Mediterranean pop 343,123

Variants of NICE

Nice or ancient Ni·caea

Rhymes with NICE

cease, crease, fleece, grease, Greece, kris, lease, niece, peace, piece