daint if i cation (dan"tifikashon)

[ There's a fortune coming Towards you, dainty. B. Jonson , Cat i line, ii. 1. =Syn. 3. Tidbit , etc. See delicacy . II. a. 11. Valuable; costly. Ful many a deynte hors hadde he in stable. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1..168. 2. Exhibiting or po e ing delicate beauty, or exquisite taste or skill; elegant; beautiful; neat; trim. No daintie flowre or her be that growes on grownd. Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 12. dainty I would be the girdle About her dainty dainty waist. Tenson Miller's Daughter, 3. Pleasing to the palate; toothsome; delicious: as, dainty food. His life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. Job xxxiii. 20. 4. Of acute sensibility or nice discrimination; sensitive. The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense. Shak., Hamlet, v. 1. Especially-5. Of nice discrimination as regards taste; nice or over-nice in selecting what is preferred in any cla of things, as food, clothing, etc.; hence, squeamish: as, a dainty taste or palate; dainty people. IMG:content-2001.png:[blocks in formation] I am somewhat dainty in making a Resolution. Congreve, Way of the World, iii. 15. To make daintyt, to affect to be dainty or delicate; scruple. Ah ha, my mistre es! which of you all Will now deny to dance? she that makes dainty , she, I'll swear, hath corns. Shak . , R. and J., i. v. =Syn. 2. Pretty. - 3. Savory, luscious, toothsome. - 5 and 6. Nice, Fastidious, etc. See nice.