Dainty (adj)
dain-tee
Delicately small and pretty.
Middle English (as noun): from Old French daintie, deintie ‘choice morsel, pleasure’, from Latin dignitas ‘worthiness or beauty’, from dignus ‘worthy’.
Example sentences
“A dainty handkerchief.”
dain-tee
Delicately small and pretty.
Middle English (as noun): from Old French daintie, deintie ‘choice morsel, pleasure’, from Latin dignitas ‘worthiness or beauty’, from dignus ‘worthy’.
“A dainty handkerchief.”