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Webster 1913 Edition
Daintiness
Dain′ti-ness
,Noun.
The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
The
daintiness
and niceness of our captains Hakluyt.
More notorious for the
daintiness
of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill.
The duke exeeded in the
daintiness
of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Daintiness
DA'INTINESS
,Noun.
1.
Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs.2.
Delicacy; deliciousness; applied to food; as the daintiness of provisions.3.
Nicety in taste; squeamishness; fastidiousness; as the daintiness of the taste.4.
Ceremoniousness; scrupulousness; nice attention to manners.Definition 2024
daintiness
daintiness
English
Noun
daintiness (countable and uncountable, plural daintinesses)
- The characteristic of being dainty.
- A dainty behaviour or gesture.