daintiful

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

daintiful (comparative more daintiful, superlative most daintiful)

  1. Synonym of dainty
    • 1871, William Holt Beever, The Daily Life of Our Farm, page 94:
      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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