Definition of Dainty

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Dainty

Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.

That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.

A term of fondness.

Rare; valuable; costly.

Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.

Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.

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Dainty Quotations

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.
Miguel De Cervantes

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.
Maureen O'Hara

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
Luigi Barzini

Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Francis Beaumont

Dainty Translations

dainty in Afrikaans is teer, delikaat
dainty in Dutch is beminnelijk
dainty in German is lecker, zierlich
dainty in Hungarian is csemege, kecses
dainty in Latin is fastidiosus
dainty in Norwegian is lekker, delikat
dainty in Portuguese is guloseima
dainty in Spanish is fino

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