Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DAIN'TI-NESS
DAIN'TI-NESS, n.
- Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as, the daintiness of the limbs. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- Delicacy; deliciousness; applied to food; as, the daintiness of provisions.
- Nicety in taste; squeamishness; fastidiousness; as, the daintiness of the taste. Wotton.
- Ceremoniousness; scrupulousness; nice attention to manners. [Obs.]
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