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daintiness

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Daintiness \Dain"ti*ness\, n.
   The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance;
   delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

         The daintiness and niceness of our captains --Hakluyt.

         More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . .
         . than for the massiveness of the dish.  --Hakewill.

         The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot,
         and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.

Source : WordNet®

daintiness
     n : the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;
         "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her
         features" [syn: {delicacy}, {fineness}]
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