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DAINTY
Girl/Female
Biblical Hebrew
Adorned; voluptuous; dainty.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname from Old French mignot ‘dainty’, ‘pleasing’.English and French : from Minnota, a pet form of the female personal name Minna. This was originally a Germanic personal name from Old High German minna ‘love’, but later it was also used as a short form of Willemina, a feminine version of William.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Adorned; voluptuous; dainty.
Male
Hebrew
(עָדִין) Hebrew name ADIYN means "dainty, delicate." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word fern, from Old English fearn, FERN means "fern," a type of leafy plant. The name was first used in the 19th century when flower, plant or other "dainty" names were popular.
Biblical
Adina, adorned; voluptuous; dainty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : affectionate nickname or term of address, from Middle English deinteth ‘pleasure’, ‘tidbit’ (Old French deintiet, from Latin dignitas ‘worth’, ‘value’). The word was also used as an adjective in the later form deinte (Old French deint(i)é) in the sense ‘fine’, ‘handsome’, ‘pleasant’.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Adiyn, ADIN means "dainty, delicate." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
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v. t.
A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel.
n.
Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
n.
A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.
superl.
Delicious to the palate; toothsome.
v. t.
To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
a.
Fine; trim; dainty.
a.
Soft; dainty.
v. t.
To render delicate or dainty.
superl.
Rare; valuable; costly.
superl.
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
n.
That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.
superl.
Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.
n.
One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.
a.
That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
a.
Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
n.
A term of fondness.
a.
Tempting the appetite; dainty.
n.
A choice dainty; a delicacy.
superl.
Requiring dainties. Hence: Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; squeamish; scrupulous; ceremonious.
n. sing. & pl.
A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.