dainty (dant i)

and a. [Early mod. E. also daintie, and abbr. daint (q. v.); Every wight hath deyntee to chaff are With hem, and eek to sellen hem her ware. Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 41. 3. Pl. dainties (dān'tiz). Something delicate to the taste; something delicious; a delicacy. Derly at that day with deynteyes were the i serued. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1421. Be not desirous of his dainties : for they are deceitful meat. Prov. xxiii. 3. That precious nectar may renew the taste Of Eden's dainties , by our parents lost. Sir J. Beaumont , Spiritual Comfort.