adj. & n.
--adj. (daintier, daintiest)
1. delicately pretty.
2 delicate of build or in movement.
3 (of food) choice.
4 fastidious; having delicate taste and sensibility.
--n. (pl. -ies) a choice morsel; a delicacy.
Derivatives:
daintily adv. daintiness n.
Etymology: AF daint{eacute}, OF dainti{eacute}, deinti{eacute} f. L dignitas -tatis f. dignus worthy