Definitions
Delicate, small, neat, or pleasingly refined.
Word origin
From Middle English deynte (as noun), from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitātem. Doublet of dignity.
Used in a sentence
“As for thoſe People of the Eaſt, (Goa, Calecute, Malaca,) they vvere a Fine, and Dainty People; Frugall, and yet Elegant, though not Militar.”
“Those dainty limbs which nature lent / For gentle usage and soft delicacy.”
Comus“However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Delicate and small”6 letters
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