Found 2 items, similar to daintier.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: daintier
daintier
See
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: Daintier
Dainty
\Dain"ty\, a. [Compar.
Daintier; superl.
Daintiest.]
1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]
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Full many a deynt['e] horse had he in stable.
--Chaucer.
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Note: Hence the proverb
“dainty maketh dearth,” i. e.,
rarity makes a thing dear or precious.
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2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
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Dainty bits
Make rich the ribs. --Shak.
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3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding;
well-formed; neat; tender.
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Those dainty limbs which nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy. --Milton.
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I would be the girdle.
About her dainty, dainty waist. --Tennyson.
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4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please;
fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
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Thew were a fine and dainty people. --Bacon.
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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.
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