What does it mean if a person is dainty?
delicate
If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty. The girls were dainty and feminine. Synonyms: delicate, pretty, charming, fine More Synonyms of dainty.
What language is dainty?
French Translation of “dainty” | Collins English-French Dictionary.
What is girly in French?
féminin {adj. m} girly (also: female, feminine, girlie, ladylike, unmasculine, womanlike, womanly) féminine {adj. f}
What is petit French?
Word forms: petit, petite. adjective. 1. ( par la taille, les dimensions) [main, objet, colline] small.
Where does the word dainty originate from?
“price, value,” also “delicacy, pleasure,” from Latin dignitatem (nominative dignitas) “greatness, rank, worthiness, worth, beauty,” from dignus “worthy, proper, fitting,” from PIE *dek-no-, from root *dek- “to take, accept.”
How do you say dainty in other languages?
In other languages dainty
- Brazilian Portuguese: delicado.
- Chinese: 娇小漂亮的
- European Spanish: delicado.
- French: délicat.
- German: zierlich.
- Italian: grazioso.
- Japanese: 繊細な
- Korean: 예쁘장한
What is dainty appetite?
2Fastidious, especially concerning food. ‘a dainty appetite’
Is Daint a word?
noun obsolete, obsolete, obsolete Something of exquisite taste; a dainty.
What does the word “dainty” mean?
Dainty Dain”ty, a. [Compar. Daintier; superl. Daintiest.] Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.] Full many a deynt [‘e] horse had he in stable. –Chaucer. Note: Hence the proverb “dainty maketh dearth,” i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious.
What does the name dainty mean?
– average, – fair, – indifferent, – mediocre, – medium, – middling, – run-of-the-mill, – second-rate
What does the name daintily mean?
– Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. ( Obs )”I ne told no deyntee of her love.” [ Chaucer.] – That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.”That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden’s dainties, by our parents lost.” [ Beau. & Fl.] – A term of fondness. ( Poetic) synonyms: Dainty Delicacy.
Can you use dainty in a sentence?
use “dainty” in a sentence The “cola may be held on one hand as the lady walks around, or it may likewise by pinned on the waist or slipped up a cord (belt) that holds the dainty “abanico” or purse. The last new comic book story drawn by Carl Barks was a Daisy Duck tale (“The dainty Daredevil”) published