Dainty

Definitions

1. A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).
2. A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event.
   British-Columbia, Canadian-Prairies, Northwestern, Ontario, plural-normally
3. Esteem, honour.
   obsolete
4. An affectionate term of address.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“And she receyued hym with grete Ioye and made hym to sytte doune by her and soo was he sette to soupe with flesshe and many deyntees And she received him with great joy, and made him to sit⟳ down by her, and so was he set⟳ to sup with flesh and many dainties.”

“[…]my case was deplorable enough, yet I had great cause for thankfulness that I was not driven to any extremities for food, but had rather plenty, even to dainties.”

“And now a maiden […] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.”

“I am not eager at forbidden dainties”

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