Yes, the word "nice" was originally an insult. Entering Middle English from Old French in the 1300s, it derived from the Latin nescius, meaning "ignorant" or "not-knowing".

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> Yes, the word "nice" was originally an insult. Entering Middle English from Old French in the 1300s, it derived from the Latin nescius, meaning "ignorant" or "not-knowing".

In Portuguese we still use the word ‘[nécio](https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/n%C3%A9scio)’, it literally means exactly that!