daintiness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: daintiness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for daintiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daintiness n the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" Synonym(s): daintiness, delicacy, fineness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daintiness \Dain"tiness\, n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness. The daintiness* and niceness of our captains --Hakluyt. More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. --Hakewill. The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, --Sir H. Wotton.