Hypertext Webster Gateway: "daintiness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Daintiness \Dain"ti*ness\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
daintiness
n : the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;
"the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her
features" [syn: {delicacy}, {fineness}]
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