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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DAINTINESS

n. 1. Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs.
2. Delicacy; deliciousness; applied to food; as the daintiness of provisions.
3. Nicety in taste; squeamishness; fastidiousness; as the daintiness of the taste.
4. Ceremoniousness; scrupulousness; nice attention to manners.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DAINTINESS

DAINTINESS Dain "ti *ness, n.

Defn: 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.