= dainty, n.

esp. Anything pleasing or delicious to the palate; a choice viand, a delicacy.

Usually with modifying word: a choice dish; a delicacy. Also: a titbit.

A prepared dish or delicacy; now, a preparation of fruit, spices, sugar, or the like, used as a relish or dainty; a preserve, sweetmeat, comfit.

A delicious or choice food; a delicacy. Now rare.

A delicious, choice, or rare food; a favoured, special, or gourmet dish.

spec. A delicious or choice food; a favoured dish; = delicacy, n. 3b. Usually in plural. Obsolete.

Something dainty to the taste, a delicacy.

In plural. Delicious or delightful things; delights; (in later use spec.) delicious foods, dishes, etc.; delicacies.

= dainty, n., dainty, adj.

A dainty sweet, cake, or confection; a sweet dish; (more generally) any choice item of food or drink, a delicacy. Cf. junkery, n. 2. Obsolete (Englis…

A choice dish; a delicacy, a dainty. Obsolete.

A dainty, delicacy.

Choice viands; dainties, delicacies.

A pulpy preparation of food; (in plural) delicacies.

Dainties, luxurious viands. Obsolete.

A present, esp. of choice food or drink; a lavish meal or entertainment. Also figurative. Cf. regale, n.2

= dainty, n.

A small piece of tasty food; a delicacy, a morsel.

A pleasant dish, a delicacy; (figurative) an example of pleasant or witty conversation, a verbal embellishment.

A choice item of food or drink; a delicacy. Obsolete.

A light, dainty article of furniture, dress, or food; any curious or pleasing trifle more for ornament than use; a trinket, gimcrack, kickshaw.

Something nice or dainty for eating.

A small savoury or sweet item of food served as an appetizer or at the end of a meal. Frequently figurative and in extended use. Cf. amuse-bouche, n.

Frequently in plural. A small item of food prepared as a treat or delicacy; a dainty; esp. (in early use) a type of chocolate confection.

Chiefly in plural. Things to eat; provisions, victuals; esp. small cakes, treats, and other delicacies. Also figurative.

A feast; a delicacy, a special treat.

A confection.

A dainty, a delicacy. Obsolete.

Eatables of various kinds, especially dainties.

Speciality foods, drinks, etc., often (esp. in early use) ones imported from other countries. Now rare.

In plural. Desirable or pleasurable things generally; luxuries; esp. tasty and appetizing food; treats. In early use chiefly in the good things of th…

plural. Knick-knacks of victuals. slang.