dainty

suomi-englanti sanakirja

dainty englannista suomeksi

  1. hienosteleva

  2. valikoiva

  3. aistikas

  4. makupala

  5. herkullinen

  1. siro

  2. nirso, valikoiva

  3. Substantiivi

dainty englanniksi

  1. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

  2. (RQ:Bacon Holy War)

  3. (RQ:Milton Comus)

  4. (RQ:Churchill Celebrity)

  5. (quote-journal)

  6. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.

  7. (RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine)

  8. (RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)

  9. Excellent; valuable, fine.

  10. (RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes)

  11. A delicacy (gl).

  12. (quote-book) Book XVI, Chapter vii leaf 337r|text=''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.

  13. (quote-book)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.

  14. (RQ:Cowper Homer) 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.

  15. A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event.

  16. Esteem, honour.

  17. (non-gloss definition)

  18. {{quote-text|en|year=1616|author=Ben Jonson|title=The Devil Is an Ass