Dainty: alternatives and connections

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

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Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

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Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.

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Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.

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Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

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Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

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That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: suste…

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The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

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That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

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In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in i…

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The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.

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The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

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A composition of different materials.

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Alt. of Gelatine

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Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin…

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The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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The drink of the gods (as ambrosia was their food); hence, any delicious or inspiring beverage.

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Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.

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Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet orang…

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A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.

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Same as Tidbit.

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The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

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The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.

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The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction…

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A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.

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See Kickshaws, the correct singular.

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Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

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Excessively nice; fastidious.

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Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling impropriet…

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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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