Daintiful

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of dainty

    "The greedy old dowagers in their descent take freely enough. But the fresh-run clean fish are mighty daintiful as regards the baits we present for their acceptance."

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"The greedy old dowagers in their descent take freely enough. But the fresh-run clean fish are mighty daintiful as regards the baits we present for their acceptance."

Etymology

From Middle English dayntefull, deyntefull, deintefull, equivalent to dainty + -ful.

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