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| dainty | (เดน'ที) n., adj. งดงาม, สวยงาม, มีรสชาติดี, อร่อย, ประณีต n. สิ่งที่งดงาม, สิ่งที่มีรสชาติดี, สิ่งที่อร่อย, See also: daintily adv. ดูdainty daintiness n. ดูdainty, Syn. nice, Ant. gross |
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| dainty | (adj) งดงาม, สวยงาม, สะโอดสะอง, ประณีต, อร่อย |
| Dainty | n.; pl. Dainties [ OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deintié delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity. ] 1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I ne told no deyntee of her love. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ] That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A term of fondness. [ Poetic ] B. Jonson. Syn. -- Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties. [ 1913 Webster ] These delicacies I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers, Walks and the melody of birds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] [ A table ] furnished plenteously with bread, And dainties, remnants of the last regale. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] | Dainty | a. [ Compar. Daintier superl. Daintiest. ] 1. Rare; valuable; costly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Full many a deynté horse had he in stable. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Hence the proverb “dainty maketh dearth, ” i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome. [ 1913 Webster ] Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. [ 1913 Webster ] Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] I would be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. [ 1913 Webster ] Thew were a fine and dainty people. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dainty | (n) something considered choice to eat, Syn. goody, delicacy, kickshaw, treat | dainty | (adj) affectedly dainty or refined, Syn. twee, niminy-piminy, prim, mincing | dainty | (adj) delicately beautiful, Syn. exquisite | dainty | (adj) especially pleasing to the taste | dainty | (adj) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted, Syn. overnice, prissy, squeamish, nice |
| | | | | | | 繊細 | [せんさい, sensai] (adj-na, n) delicate; dainty; fine; slim; sensitive; subtle; (P) #18,822 [Add to Longdo] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dainty \Dain"ty\, a. [Compar. {Daintier}; superl. {Daintiest}.]
1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]
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Full many a deynt['e] horse had he in stable.
--Chaucer.
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Note: Hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity
makes a thing dear or precious.
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2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
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Dainty bits
Make rich the ribs. --Shak.
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3. Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding;
well-formed; neat; tender.
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Those dainty limbs which nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy. --Milton.
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I would be the girdle.
About her dainty, dainty waist. --Tennyson.
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4. Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please;
fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
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Thew were a fine and dainty people. --Bacon.
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And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away. --Shak.
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{To make dainty}, to assume or affect delicacy or
fastidiousness. [Obs.]
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Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all
Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty,
She, I'll swear, hath corns. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dainty \Dain"ty\, n.; pl. {Dainties}. [OE. deinie, dainte,
deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti['e] delicacy, orig., dignity,
honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See {Deign}, and
cf. {Dignity}.]
1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in
anything. [Obs.]
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I ne told no deyntee of her love. --Chaucer.
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2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
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That precious nectar may the taste renew
Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. --Beau. &
Fl.
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3. A term of fondness. [Poetic] --B. Jonson.
Syn: {Dainty}, {Delicacy}.
Usage: These words are here compared as denoting articles of
food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article
of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are
particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and
denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may
be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and
its table richly covered with dainties.
[1913 Webster]
These delicacies
I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits,
and flowers,
Walks and the melody of birds. --Milton.
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[A table] furnished plenteously with bread,
And dainties, remnants of the last regale.
--Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dainty
adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: {dainty}, {mincing},
{niminy-piminy}, {prim}, {twee}]
2: delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
[syn: {dainty}, {exquisite}]
3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set
before a kind";
4: 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" [syn: {dainty},
{nice}, {overnice}, {prissy}, {squeamish}]
n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: {dainty},
{delicacy}, {goody}, {kickshaw}, {treat}]
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