Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal; obscure.
To place in a niche. · To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. · Any similar position, literal or figurative. · Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium. · A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
Unadapted borrowing from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, from nicher (“to make a nest”) (modern French nicher), from Vulgar Latin *nīdicāre, from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nide via Latin and nest via Proto-Indo-European; also related to nyas.
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