
Noah Webster
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.