dainty

dain·ty

D0007900 (dān′tē)adj. dain·ti·er, dain·ti·est 1. Delicately beautiful or charming and usually small: dainty slippers.2. Delicious; tasty: a dainty dish.3. Fastidious or finicky: "They chided [them] for being too dainty to eat army rations" (Stephen Berry).4. Frail in constitution or health: "Such heroines have [been]replaced by the dainty young thing who faints away at the sight of a six-shooter" (Molly Gloss).n. pl. dain·ties Something delicious; a delicacy.

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[Middle English deinte, excellent, excellence, from Old French deintie, from Latin dignitās, from dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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dain′ti·ly adv.dain′ti·ness n.

dainty

(ˈdeɪntɪ) adj, -tier or -tiest1. delicate or elegant: a dainty teacup. 2. pleasing to the taste; choice; delicious: a dainty morsel. 3. refined, esp excessively genteel; fastidiousn, pl -ties (Cookery) a choice piece of food, esp a small cake or sweet; delicacy[C13: from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitās dignity] ˈdaintily adv ˈdaintiness n

dain•ty

(ˈdeɪn ti)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est, adj. 1. of delicate beauty or form. 2. pleasing to the taste dainty pastries. 3. particular; fastidious: a dainty eater. 4. overly particular; finicky. n. 5. something delicious to the taste; delicacy. [1175–1225; Middle English deinte worthiness, happiness, delicacy < Anglo-French (Old French deint(i)e) < Latin dignitātem, acc. of dignitās] dain′ti•ly, adv. dain′ti•ness, n. syn: See delicate.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dainty - something considered choice to eat goody, kickshaw, treat, delicacyaliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, victuals, nutrition - a source of materials to nourish the bodychoice morsel, tidbit, titbit - a small tasty bit of foodsavoury, savory - an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvreconfection, sweet - a food rich in sugarnectar, ambrosia - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortaljelly, gelatin - an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foodsbone marrow, marrow - very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
Adj.	1.	dainty - affectedly dainty or refined mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, tweerefined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
	2.	dainty - delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"exquisitedelicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
	3.	dainty - especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind";tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	4.	dainty - 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"overnice, squeamish, prissy, nicefastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"

dainty

adjective1. delicate, pretty, charming, fine, slight, slim, elegant, trim, neat, refined, exquisite, graceful, petite, dinky (Brit. informal) The girls were dainty and feminine.
delicate awkward, coarse, clumsy, ungainly, gauche, uncouth, inelegant, maladroit2. delectable, choice, delicious, tender, tasty, savoury, palatable, toothsome a dainty morsel3. particular, nice, refined, fussy, scrupulous, fastidious, choosy, picky (informal), finicky, anal retentive, finical They cater for a range of tastes, from the dainty to the extravagant.

dainty

adjective1. Appealing to refined taste:choice, delicate, elegant, exquisite, fine.2. Very difficult to please:choosy, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish.Informal: picky.nounSomething fine and delicious, especially a food:delicacy, morsel, tidbit, treat.Informal: goody.

Translations

优雅的娇俏的

dainty

(ˈdeinti) adjective small or fragile and attractive. a dainty little girl. 嬌小可愛的，優雅的 娇俏的，优雅的 ˈdaintily adverb 精緻地，優雅地 精致地，优雅地 ˈdaintiness noun 優美，精緻，優雅 优美，精致，优雅