01 n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
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The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.“The daintiness and niceness of our captains” — Hakluyt.“More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish.” — Hakewill.“The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands,” — Sir H. Wotton.