dainty

Meaning

Adj

1. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
2. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.
3. (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.

Noun

1. A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).
2. A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event.
3. (obsolete) Esteem, honour.
4. (obsolete) An affectionate term of address.

Synonyms

delicate

delicacy

fine

refined

nice

fastidious

exquisite

pretty

delicious

😋

squeamish

tasty

slim

tasteful

treat

savoury

kind

sensitive

slender

delicatessen

subtle

neat

sweet

tender

gentle

petite

goody

beautiful

elaborate

attractive

thin

artistic

tidbit

charming

savory

toothsome

kickshaw

twee

comely

selective

prim

prissy

eclectic

niminy-piminy

soft

overnice

mincing

slight

palatable

reluctant

sapid

scrumptious

seductive

sleazy

slimsy

smart

smooth

snobbish

sophisticated

subtile

svelte

sweetmeat

tactful

teeny

tenuous

ticklish

tiny

titbit

waspish

zest

gossamery

la-di-da

mouth-watering

faddy

regalement

pleasant to the taste

dilicate

affable

savorous

ambrosial

appetising

appetizing

awkward

candy

🍬

chary

chic

chichi

chintzy

choice

choice morsel

choosey

choosy

corny

cute

delectable

diminutive

dressed up

elective

elegant

fascinating

fastidiousness

feast

finical

flimsy

good-looking

gourmet

graceful

gracious

handsome

hard to please

hokey

kitschy

lank

lovely

luscious

mild

minikin

morsel

personable

picky

pleasant

pleasing

racy

rangy

regale

relishable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeɪnti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: deynte

In summary

From Middle English deynte (as noun), from Old French deintié, from Latin dignitātem. Doublet of dignity.