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" They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach."
Luigi Barzini

Meaning of "dainty" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DAINTY

From Old French deintié, from Latin dignitāsdignity.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DAINTY

ˈdeɪntɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAINTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dainty can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DAINTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dainty

Dainty may refer to: ▪ 9758 Dainty, asteroid ▪ HMS Dainty, four ships of the Royal Navy ▪ Dainty, a street ball game played in Schnitzelburg, Louisville...

Definition of dainty in the English dictionary

The first definition of dainty in the dictionary is delicate or elegant. Other definition of dainty is pleasing to the taste; choice; delicious. Dainty is also refined, esp excessively genteel; fastidious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DAINTY

fainty · flinty · glinty · inti · lintie · linty · minty · ninety · painty · pepperminty · pointy · shinty · skinflinty · squinty · stinty · superdainty · teosinte · tinty

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAINTY

daimon · daimonic · daimyo · daimyo bond · daint · daintier · dainties · daintiest · daintily · daintiness · daiquiri · Dairen · dairies · dairy · dairy cow · dairy factory · dairy farm · dairy farmer · dairy farming · dairy herd

WORDS THAT END LIKE DAINTY

Aunty · Bay of Plenty · bounty · certainty · corridor of uncertainty · county · for a certainty · guaranty · incertainty · monty · panty · plenty · racing certainty · seventy · shanty · sovereignty · suzerainty · twenty · uncertainty · warranty

Synonyms and antonyms of dainty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DAINTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dainty» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «dainty» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DAINTY

Find out the translation of dainty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dainty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dainty» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

娇小漂亮的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

delicado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

dainty
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मिठाइयां
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لذيذ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лакомство
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

delicado
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সুস্বাদু
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

délicat
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cantik
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zierlich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

繊細な
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

예쁘장한
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Adoh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngo
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

எழில் நயம் வாய்ந்த
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सुंदर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

zarif
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

grazioso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

delicje
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ласощі
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mofturos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φίνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tyngdlös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lekker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dainty

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAINTY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of dainty
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dainty».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dainty

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «DAINTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dainty.
1
Luigi Barzini
They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
2
Francis Beaumont
Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
3
Lil' Kim
I'm a girly girl. I'm strong, but I'm very timid. Very dainty.
4
Constance Marie
I was a tomboy as a child! I wanted my daughter to be a scrapper and not so dainty.
5
Gordon Ramsay
Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAINTY»

Discover the use of dainty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dainty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Phyllis Browne, 2008
2
Dainty Sweets
This 1913 work is a comprehesive collection of dessert recipes collected from famous chefs of America, Canada and Europe.
Archie Hoff, 2007
3
Bombs on Aunt Dainty
Partly autobiographical, this is the second title in Judith Kerr’s internationally acclaimed trilogy of books following the life of Anna through war-torn Germany, to London during the Blitz and her return to Berlin to discover the past.
Judith Kerr, 2012
4
Dainty Little Doilies
Adorn your favorite furniture pieces with delicate doilies that are a delight to create! Cluster, picot, and popcorn stitches add dramatic touches to the 9 projects in this handy Little Book.
Leisure Arts, 1999
5
Communication in Construction: Theory and Practice
This book offers practical guidance on possible solutions to communication problems, featuring a number of examples related to the construction industry.
Andrew Dainty, David Moore, Michael Murray, 2007
6
Why, Dainty Dinosaur?
A little girl and her imaginary dinosaur friend have fun playing with a new neighbor who is handicapped.
Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz, 1988
7
Dainty Dishes
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
Helen Edden, 2008
8
Puddings and Dainty Desserts
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas J. Murrey, 2010
9
Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains
THE great hotel on the crest of the hill was bathed in sunlight that poured from a rift in the clouds, as if sent for the sole purpose of showing the grand portico, the broad piazza, and the flag that floated gracefully on the summer breeze ...
Amy Brooks, 2010
10
Dainty Dishes for Slender Incomes
Originally published in the 1930s, this is written by a famous cookery writer of the day - Isobel.
"Isobel", 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAINTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dainty is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Naomi Watts debuts peroxide blonde hairstyle at the Armani Prive …
The dainty frock was given a delicate and elegant overture with lace edging and, keeping her ensemble uncluttered in colour, she finished it off ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Roger Federer v Gilles Simon: Wimbledon 2015 – as it happened
First set: Simon 2-5 Federer* Shot of the match so far, as Simon draws Federer to the net, then lobs his opponent with a dainty flick of the wrists. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Wawrinka v Gasquet - Court One
But goodness me, those are delicate dainty hands, the sort to make Kate's in the Royal Box look like she has spent a career pot-washing. Two delicious drop ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
4
Djokovic v Cilic - Centre
But goodness me, those are delicate dainty hands, the sort to make Kate's in the Royal Box look like she has spent a career pot-washing. Two delicious drop ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
5
A splash of yellow will draw the eye to your garden
Dainty pink cloud-like flower clusters appear in June. Once the flowers have faded, prune them off to promote a second flush of flowers in July ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
6
Bill Kirby Jr.: They must have the wrong address
Now you're all worked up over the lace bathroom curtains with the dainty valance pattern over at Anna's Linens because they're to die for, and ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
7
French confection: Temperamental macarons worth effort
For Valentine's Day, he and his fiancée Madyson Versteeg spent $50 on French macarons at Common Crumb in Spokane, where the dainty ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
8
Howard Kurtz: Hillary Roping Off Press Is Like Dukakis in the Tank
We're going to cover you in a fairly dainty fashion. And in this case, you see they're abused and then they come back and say bad optics. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
9
The ten best Amy Winehouse songs
Taking a Nas instrumental and buttering over her caramel tones, debut Amy Winehouse confidently mixes dainty flute instrumentals with R&B ... «The National Student, Jul 15»
10
Wimbledon: Back underdog Keys to power past Radwanska
One of those meetings was here two years ago when an 18-year-old Madison took the dainty Pole to three sets and her improvement and extra ... «Tips News Views, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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