Meaning

3 senses
  1. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

    fein, delikat, zart

    изя́щныйizjáščnyj, изы́сканныйizýskannyj, утончённыйutončónnyj

    delicately beautiful

  2. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

    anspruchsvoll, mäkelig, geziert

    привере́дливыйpriverédlivyj, приди́рчивыйpridírčivyj

  3. (obsolete)Excellent; valuable, fine.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Few boys are dainty about their food.

    deJungs sind beim Essen kaum wählerisch. — Yorwba

  2. You think that your genitals look dainty.

    deDu hältst deine Geschlechtsteile für zierlich. — Yorwba

  3. He thinks that his genitals look dainty.

  4. Her sweet, kind face features a dainty pig's snout.

    deIhr süßes, nettes Gesicht ziert ein anmutiges Schweinenäschen. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. Aser, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield dainties to kings.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
delicately small and pretty:
fastidious and fussy when eating:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
delicately small and pretty:
small and pretty:
fastidious and fussy when eating:

Origin

From Middle English deynte (as noun), from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitātem. Doub

From Middle English deynte (as noun), from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitātem. Doublet of dignity.

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Forms

daintier, daintiest
Comparativedaintier Lesson
Superlativedaintiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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