Associations to the word «Dainty»
Noun
- Delicacy
- Appetite
- Relish
- Salad
- Fare
- Dessert
- Dorothy
- Tray
- Sweet
- Dress
- Maiden
- Shoe
- Delight
- Bread
- Taste
- Supper
- Flower
- Meat
- Beauty
- Hair
- Grace
- Creature
- Lace
- Finger
- Slipper
- Frock
- Lip
- Palate
- Drapery
- Gown
- Decoy
- Damsel
- Dish
- Apron
- Curl
- Luxury
- Marrow
- Tint
- Handkerchief
- Pretty
- Embroidery
- Skirt
- Stocking
- Conceit
- Napkin
- Warbler
- Porcelain
- Silk
- Hms
- Blossom
- Trifle
- Foliage
- Odour
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DAINTY, noun. (obsolete) Esteem, honour.
DAINTY, noun. A delicacy.
DAINTY, noun. (Canada) (Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square served at a social event (usually plural).
DAINTY, noun. (obsolete) An affectionate term of address.
DAINTY, adjective. (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.
DAINTY, adjective. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
DAINTY, adjective. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.
Dictionary definition
DAINTY, noun. Something considered choice to eat.
DAINTY, adjective. Affectedly dainty or refined.
DAINTY, adjective. Delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo".
DAINTY, adjective. Especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind";.
DAINTY, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.