Dainty morsel

Dainty morsel
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  • dainty — [dān′tē] n. pl. dainties [ME deinte, excellent, fine, orig., feeling of esteem < Anglo Fr deinté < OFr deinté < L dignitas, worth, DIGNITY] a choice food; delicacy adj. daintier, daintiest 1. delicious and choice [a dainty morsel] 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • dainty — 1. adjective 1) a dainty china cup Syn: delicate, fine, neat, elegant, exquisite Ant: unwieldy 2) a dainty morsel Syn: tasty, delicious, choice …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • dainty — ► ADJECTIVE (daintier, daintiest) 1) delicately small and pretty. 2) fastidious and fussy when eating. ► NOUN (pl. dainties) ▪ a small appetizing item of food. DERIVATIVES daintily …   English terms dictionary

  • dainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. delicate, exquisite; fastidious, neat; delicious. See beauty, taste, care, food. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Notable for fineness or fragility] Syn. delicate, fragile, petite, frail, thin, light,… …   English dictionary for students

  • dainty — Synonyms and related words: acute, agreeable, airy, ambrosia, ambrosial, appetizing, attenuate, attenuated, beautiful, bleached, bonne bouche, bonny, breakable, bright, brittle, cate, cheap jack, choice, choice morsel, civilized, clean, cleanly,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • morsel — Synonyms and related words: ambrosia, atom, bait, bit, bite, bolus, bonne bouche, butt, cate, champ, chaw, chew, chip, choice morsel, chomp, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, cud, cut, cutting, dainty, delicacy, dessert, dollop, drop, end,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • dainty — I. a. 1. Delicious, savory, nice, delicate, tender, palatable, luscious, toothsome. 2. Elegant, delicate, beautiful, neat, fine. 3. Fastidious, squeamish, scrupulous, overnice. II. n. Delicacy, tidbit, titbit, nice bit, choice morsel, delicate… …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • morsel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mouthful, bite, crumb, scrap, bit. See littleness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bite, chunk, piece; see bit 1 , part 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. bite, tidbit, spoonful, bit, a taste, mouthful,… …   English dictionary for students

  • dainty — adjective (daintier, daintiest) 1》 delicately small and pretty.     ↘delicate and graceful in build or movement. 2》 fastidious, typically concerning food. noun (plural dainties) a delicacy. Derivatives daintily adverb daintiness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • dainty — adj 1. exquisite, delicate, fine; beautiful, lovely, pretty, fair, goodlooking, handsome, comely, becoming, flattering; tasteful, refined, elegant, graceful, artistic, aesthetic; neat, petite, smart, trim, minion, fine, natty, spruce, Chiefly… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • dainty — adj. & n. adj. (daintier, daintiest) 1 delicately pretty. 2 delicate of build or in movement. 3 (of food) choice. 4 fastidious; having delicate taste and sensibility. n. (pl. ies) a choice morsel; a delicacy. Derivatives: daintily adv. daintiness …   Useful english dictionary


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