[NorthMountain]

Merriam-Webster has some interesting things to say about the word "nice" ..

History and Etymology for nice
Adjective

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

[RedMonqey]

I read about the original meaning of “nice” and began using it in discussions with idiots.

They never understood why I was smiling at them and saying “You’re too nice”