Dainty

n.	1.	Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. I ne told no deyntee of her love. - Chaucer.
	2.	That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy. That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. - Beau. & Fl.
	3.	A term of fondness. These delicacies I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers, Walks and the melody of birds. - Milton. [A table] furnished plenteously with bread, And dainties, remnants of the last regale. - Cowper.
a.	1.	Rare; valuable; costly. Full many a deynté horse had he in stable. - Chaucer.
	2.	Delicious to the palate; toothsome. Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. - Shak.
	3.	Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender. Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy. - Milton. I would be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. - Tennyson.
	4.	Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious. Thew were a fine and dainty people. - Bacon. And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, But shift away. - Shak. To make dainty to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. - Shak.

Noun	1.	dainty - something considered choice to eat Synonyms: goody, kickshaw, treat, delicacy
Adj.	1.	dainty - affectedly dainty or refined Synonyms: mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee
	2.	dainty - of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" Synonyms: exquisite
	3.	dainty - especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set before a kind"; "a tasty morsel" Synonyms: tasty
	4.	dainty - 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" Synonyms: overnice, squeamish, prissy, nice

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