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Daintiness


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.