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dainty(1) (iou)



dainty adjective & adverb. ME.
[from DAINTY noun.]
A. adjective.
Handsome; choice; delightful. Now chiefly dial. ME.
Chaucer Full many a deynte hors hadde he in stable.
Pleasing to the palate. LME.
Milton The daintiest dishes shall be serv'd up last.
(Now the predominant sense.) Of delicate beauty; small and graceful. LME.
Precious; rare; scarce. LME-L17.
Of a person: having delicate tastes or sensitivities; fastidious, particular; (over)nice. M16.
Shakespeare Macbeth And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away. R. L. Stevenson I was surprised to find them so dainty in their notions.
b. adverb. Daintily. rare. E17.