Look up: dainty

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   dainty
   pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please 
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   Dainty
   Meaning as a surname: Nickname for someone considered fine, handsome or pleasant.
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   dainty
   [adj] - especially pleasing to the taste 2. [adj] - affectedly dainty or refined 3. [adj] - excessively fastidious and easily disgusted 4. [adj] - of delicate composition and artistry 5. [n] - something considered choice to eat
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   Dainty
   Dain'ty noun ; plural Dainties . [ Middle English deinie , dainte , deintie , deyntee , Old French deintié delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, from Latin dignitas , from dignus worthy. See Deign , and confer Dignity .] 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [ Obsolete] « I n ...
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   Dainty
   Dain'ty adjective [ Compar. Daintier ; superl. Daintiest .] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [ Obsolete] « Full many a deynté horse had he in stable.» Chaucer. » Hence the proverb ' dainty maketh dearth ,' i. e. , rarity makes a thing dear or precious. 2. Delicious to the palat ...
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   dainty
   Origin: OE. Deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. Deintie delicacy, orig, dignity, honor, fr. L. Dignitas, fr. Dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity. ... 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. 'I ne told no deyntee of her love.' (Chaucer) ... 2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. 'That precious nectar ...
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   dainty
   exquisite adjective delicately beautiful; `a dainty teacup`; `an exquisite cameo`
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   dainty
   mincing adjective affectedly dainty or refined
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   dainty
   nice adjective excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; `too nice about his food to take to camp cooking`; `so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow`
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    dainty
    adjective especially pleasing to the taste; `a dainty dish to set before a kind`; `a tasty morsel`
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    dainty
    delicacy noun something considered choice to eat
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    Dainty
    • (superl.) Delicious to the palate; toothsome. • (n.) A term of fondness. • (superl.) Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. • (n.) Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. • (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. •...
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    dainty
    dainty 1. Delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite. 2. Delicious or choice; pleasing to the taste and, often, temptingly served or delicate. 3. Of refined taste; discriminating; particular; fastidious; such as, a dainty eater. 4. Overly fastidious or particular; finicky; squeamish. 5. Etymology: about 1225, from Old French daintie, 'price, value'; ...
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