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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dainty \dain"ty\, a. compar. daintier; superl. daintiest.
   1. rare; valuable; costly. obs.
      1913 webster

            full many a deynt'e horse had he in stable.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   note: hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity
         makes a thing dear or precious.
         1913 webster

   2. delicious to the palate; toothsome.
      1913 webster

            dainty bits
            make rich the ribs.                   --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding;
      well-formed; neat; tender.
      1913 webster

            those dainty limbs which nature lent
            for gentle usage and soft delicacy.   --milton.
      1913 webster

            i would be the girdle.
            about her dainty, dainty waist.       --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   4. requiring dainties. hence: overnice; hard to please;
      fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
      1913 webster

            thew were a fine and dainty people.   --bacon.
      1913 webster

            and let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
            but shift away.                       --shak.
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   to make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or
      fastidiousness. obs.
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            ah ha, my mistresses which of you all
            will now deny to dance? she that makes dainty,
            she, i'll swear, hath corns.          --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
daintier daintiest to make dainty 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
daintier
     see dainty
see also:
dainty 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dainty
     adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined syn: mincing, niminy-piminy,
             prim, twee
     2: of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an
        exquisite cameo" syn: exquisite
     3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set
        before a kind"; "a tasty morsel" syn: tasty
     4: 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" syn: nice,
         overnice, prissy, squeamish
     n : something considered choice to eat syn: delicacy, goody,
          kickshaw, treat
     also: daintiest, daintier
see also:
mincing niminy-piminy prim twee exquisite tasty 
nice overnice prissy squeamish delicacy 
goody kickshaw treat daintiest daintier 


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