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单词 daintiness
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daintinessn.

/ˈdeɪntɪnɪs/
Etymology: < dainty adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being dainty.
1.
a. The quality of being fine, handsome, delightful, etc. Obsolete in general sense.
b. Of food: Choiceness, deliciousness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [noun]
delicacya1393
savourinessa1398
deliciousnessa1450
delicateness?1529
daintiness1552
toothsomeness1612
piquantness1648
palatableness1721
tastefulness1727
fumet1735
lightness1799
palatability1850
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > dainty food > daintiness
daintiness1552
fairyhood1904
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Deyntines of meates at a banquet, lautitia.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 167 In dayntinesse and goodnesse of meate, the Hennes may compare with..the Goose [etc.].
1627 G. Hakewill Apol. (1635) iv. vii. §1. 423 It was more notorious for the daintiness of the provision which he served in it, than for the massiness of the dish.
2. Delicate beauty, elegance, gracefulness; neatness, deftness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness
softheadc1350
delicateness?1529
daintethness1548
gingerliness1583
daintinessa1586
delicacya1586
subtilty1660
the blue of the plum1707
bloom1777
daintification1780
daintihood1780
fairyhood1832
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun]
facunda1340
rhetoricc1405
elegancy?a1475
elegance?1504
facundity1530
grace1530
festivity1542
roundness1557
concinnity1577
style1589
comptness1611
politeness1627
concinneness1655
speakingness1851
style1851
daintiness1878
yugen1921
simplex munditiis1933
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xvi. sig. K5v Leucippe was of a fine daintiness of beauty.
1669 A. Browne Ars Pictoria (1675) 19 The grossness, slenderness, clownishness, and daintyness of Bodies.
1878 J. W. Ebsworth in Brathwait's Strappado (new ed.) Introd. p. xxviii There is poetic grace and daintiness of expression in the charming little lyric.
1884 W. Black Judith Shakespeare xxx The pretty daintinesses of her coaxing.
3. Niceness, fastidiousness, delicacy, scrupulousness (of taste, sensibility, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]
curiosityc1386
delicacya1393
curiousnessc1440
delicatesse1509
delicateness?1529
daintethness1548
exquisiteness?c1550
over-curiousness1573
featness1577
daintiness1579
dainty1590
finicality1594
niceness1604
squeamishness1654
fastidiousness1661
choicenessa1665
overnicety1664
finicalness1675
hypercriticism1678
overniceness1694
nicety1723
over-delicacy1745
daintihood1780
finickiness1833
finicism1844
over-criticism1859
overfineness1859
particularness1859
faddiness1865
finicking1869
picksomeness1881
pernicketiness1890
perfectionism1937
choosiness1945
pickiness1952
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus xxi. 250/2 What greter daintinesse doe we make at blasphemies?
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 45 Daintinesse of eare. View more context for this quotation
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. i Of sand, Lyme, and clay, Vitruvius hath discoursed without any daintiness.
1892 Speaker 3 Sept. 299/1 A certain discrimination, a certain daintiness of choice.
4. Niceness of appetite; fastidiousness with regard to food, personal comfort, etc.; softness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > keen appetite > daintiness of appetite
daintiness1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/2 Deyntinesse, friandise.
1589 R. Hakluyt tr. C. Adams in Princ. Navigations ii. 287 How iustly may this barbarous, and rude Russe, condemne the daintines and nicenes of our Captaines.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. v. 235 The people..learnt..of the Flemish daintiness and softness.
1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 78 What especially irritated the captain was the daintiness of some of his cabin passengers. They were loud in their complaints of the ship's fare.
5. Physical delicacy or tenderness. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > acuteness of physical senses > [noun] > delicacy or tenderness
tendernessc1440
daintiness1575
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 299 In these cures of diseases that grow in the eyes, there must be great care vsed..bicause of the dayntinesse of the place.
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