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dainty
adjective
noun
Delicately beautiful
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ˈdeɪnti
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adjective
Delicately beautiful
“A dainty teacup”
adjective
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
“Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking”
adjective
Especially pleasing to the taste
“A dainty dish to set before a kind”
noun
Something considered choice to eat
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A dainty teacup
An exquisite cameo
Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
A dainty dish to set before a kind
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