dainty
Plural: dainties
Noun
- A small, choice item of food; a delicacy.
- something considered choice to eat
- A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).
- A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event.
- Esteem, honour.
- An affectionate term of address.
Adjective Satellite
- affectedly dainty or refined
- delicately beautiful
- "a dainty teacup"
- especially pleasing to the taste
- "a dainty dish to set before a kind"
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Adj
- Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
- Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.
- Excellent; valuable, fine.
Adjective
- Delicately small and pretty; fastidious or refined.
Examples
- Despite its DAINTY appearance, ’QUIZ’ is a powerful word in Scrabble.
- Finding a seven-letter word on a triple-word score felt like a DAINTY treat.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English deynte (as noun), from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitātem. Doublet of dignity.
Synonyms
delicacy, exquisite, goody, kickshaw, mincing, nice, niminy-piminy, overnice, prim, prissy, squeamish, treat, twee, neat, petite
Scrabble Score: 10
dainty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddainty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dainty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary