Dainty - Definition

adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [syn: dainty, mincing,
niminy-piminy, prim, twee]
2: delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"
[syn: dainty, exquisite]
3: especially pleasing to the taste; "a dainty dish to set
before a kind";
4: excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about
his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would
only touch the toilet handle with his elbow" [syn: dainty,
nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish]
n 1: something considered choice to eat [syn: dainty,
delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat]