Definitions for dainty

dainty dain·ty

Spelling: [deyn-tee]
IPA: /ˈdeɪn ti/

Dainty is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in dainty (adinty).

Definitions for dainty

noun

  1. something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.

adjective

  1. of delicate beauty; exquisite:
  2. pleasing to the taste and, often, temptingly served or delicate; delicious:
  3. of delicate discrimination or taste; particular; fastidious:
  4. overly particular; finicky.

Origin of dainty

1175-1225; Middle English deinte worthiness, happiness, delicacy Anglo-French (Old French deint(i)e) Latin dignitāt- (stem of dignitās); see dignity

Examples for dainty

Raw cut leather coats, and ruffles in all shapes and sizes provided a dainty edge.

It was so much more beautiful to be dainty and small and piquant.

And all of them dwarfed the FDA's dainty definition of a muffin serving (two ounces).

He clumsily sipped from the dainty straw of a blasphemously non-bourbon beverage and smiled broadly as he talked to fellow bros.

They covered me with a dainty coverlet spun of the hair of a hundred gnats.

She signified her helplessness with a quick and dainty movement of her hands.

She carried her head with the dainty alertness of a beautiful bird.

She did not know that they were bluets, but she knew they were dainty and sweet and beckoned to her.

When Little Snow White entered, she found everything tiny, but dainty and neat.

She looked so sweet and dainty that I kissed her again and then sat down before the easel.

Word Value for dainty
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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