plural dainties
1
a
: something delicious to the taste
a London dainty—a pyramid of jelly—Virginia Woolf
b
: something choice or pleasing
2
obsolete
: fastidiousness
daintier; daintiest
1
a
: tasting good : tasty
dainty morsels
b
: attractively prepared and served
dainty sandwiches on silver trays
2
: marked by delicate or diminutive beauty, form, or grace
dainty teacups
took a dainty sip
4
a
: marked by fastidious discrimination or finicky taste
b
: showing avoidance of anything rough
gentry too dainty to risk blisters on their hands—G. W. Johnson
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