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dainteth, -ith, n. and a. Now only Sc.|ˈdeɪntɪθ|
Forms: 4–5 dein-, deyn-, dain-, daynteth(e, rarely -ith(e, -yth, (also den-, dan-, dayen-, dayne-), 8–9 Sc. daintith, -eth.
[a. OF. daintiet, deintiet:—L. dignitāt-em, f. dignus worthy: see dainty n.]
A. = dainty n.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. Beket 1190 Heo bi-gan to serui þis holi man and deinteþes [Percy Soc. l. 1202 deyntés] to him brouȝte. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxv. 10 With other..he has litill daynteth to dwell. c1400Destr. Troy 463 Sho hade no deintithe to dele with no deire meite. c1450Bk. Curtasye 527 in Babees Bk. (1868) 316 Yf any deyntethe in countré be, Þo stuarde schewes hit to þo lorde so fre. a1774Fergusson Drink Eclogue Poems (1845) 52 On bien-clad tables..Bouden wi' a' the daintiths o' the land. 1820Blackw. Mag. VII. 520 Sic daintiths are rare.
†B. = dainty a. Obs.
c1430Lydg. Chorle & Byrde lx, A dunghyll Douke as deyntieth as a Snyte. c1440Gesta Rom. lviii. 374 (Add. MS.) He myght not take of the noble and deynteth metes.
Hence † ˈdaintethly adv., † ˈdaintethness.
c1440Gesta Rom. l. 370 (Add. MS.) Riche men..þat..etyn and drynkyn deyntethly. c1440York Myst. i. 78 Thi dale, lord, es ay daynetethly delande. 1548Thomas Ital. Gram., Dilicatezza, daintethnesse, or delicacie. |