First Known Use of niece 14th century, in the meaning defined above. History and Etymology for niece Middle English nece granddaughter, niece, from Anglo-French nece, niece , from Late Latin neptia , from Latin neptis ; akin to Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew. Learn More About niece. Time Traveler for niece The first known use of niece was in the 14th century See more words from the same century.
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Kids Definition of niece. Get Word of the Day daily email! Test Your Vocabulary. Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words? I love my niece s and nephews, but find playing their games tedious and I don't want that for myself. We love our niece s and nephews and we both enjoy spending time with them and spoiling them. He was living there in modest retirement with his mother and his two good-looking young niece s, who served us at table.
But she did not understand or care for children, and the charge of her niece s and nephew she only accepted as a duty. Yet this sounds too severe on Miss Mildmay, who in her own undemonstrative way did love her nephew and niece s.
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