Definition of dainty Dainty

/dejˈnti/ - [deyntee] - dain•ty

We found 21 definitions of dainty from 6 different sources.

What does dainty mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: dainties
dainty - something considered choice to eat
		delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
		aliment, nutriment, alimentation, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals a source of materials to nourish the body
		choice morsel, tidbit, titbit a small tasty bit of food
		savoury, savory an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
		confection, sweet the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
		nectar, ambrosia fruit juice especially when undiluted
		gelatin, jelly a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Adjective dainty, daintier, daintiest
dainty - 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"
		nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish
		fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
dainty - delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
		exquisite
		delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
dainty - affectedly dainty or refined
		mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee
		refined (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
dainty - especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind";
		tasty pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"

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Wiktionary

dainty (Noun)
Esteem, honour.
dainty (Noun)
A delicacy.
dainty (Noun)
Fancy cookies, pastries, or squares served at a social event usually plural.
dainty (Adjective)
Excellent; valuable, fine.
dainty (Adjective)
Delicately small and pretty.
dainty (Adjective)
Fastidious and fussy when eating.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dainty (n.)
Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything.
dainty (n.)
That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
dainty (n.)
A term of fondness.
dainty (superl.)
Rare; valuable; costly.
dainty (superl.)
Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
dainty (superl.)
Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
dainty (superl.)
Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dainty
An especially delicious comestible.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

dainty
dān′ti, adj. pleasant to the palate: delicate: fastidious: (Spens.) elegant.—n. that which is dainty, a delicacy.—adj. Daint (Spens.).—adv. Dain′tily.—n. Dain′tiness. [M. E. deintee, anything worthy or costly. O. Fr. daintié, worthiness—L. dignitat-em—dignus, worthy.]