daintiness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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. DA'INTREL, noun A delicacy.
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