daintinessn.

/ˈdeɪntɪnɪs/

Etymology: < dainty adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being dainty.

†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. K5^v 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.

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	daintiness
释义	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. K5^v 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1530
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