/nuys"nel"ee iz'euhm/ , n.
1. excessive modesty; prudishness.
2. a euphemism: an evasive style of writing, full of circumlocutions and nice-nellyisms.
Also, nice-Nellyism .
[ 1935-40; NICE NELLY + -ISM ]
/nuys"nel"ee iz'euhm/ , n.
1. excessive modesty; prudishness.
2. a euphemism: an evasive style of writing, full of circumlocutions and nice-nellyisms.
Also, nice-Nellyism .
[ 1935-40; NICE NELLY + -ISM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012