Daintiness

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DA'INTINESS, 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.
DA'INTREL, n. A delicacy.

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Daintiness Delicacy Lickerishness

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