Found 3 items, similar to Dainties.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dainty
cantik, pandai bersolek, penganan, suka berpilih-pilih
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dainty
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dainties
Dainty
\Dain"ty\, n.; pl.
Dainties. [OE. deinie, dainte,
deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti['e] 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. [Obs.]
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I ne told no deyntee of her love. --Chaucer.
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2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
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That precious nectar may the taste renew
Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. --Beau. &
Fl.
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3. A term of fondness. [Poetic] --B. Jonson.
Syn:
Dainty,
Delicacy.
Usage: These words are here compared as denoting articles of
food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article
of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are
particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and
denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may
be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and
its table richly covered with dainties.
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These delicacies
I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits,
and flowers,
Walks and the melody of birds. --Milton.
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[A table] furnished plenteously with bread,
And dainties, remnants of the last regale.
--Cowper.
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