Dainty

Morpheme

Dainty

Type

free base

Denotation

worthy, elegant, delicately small

Etymology

Middle English deinte, deynte; Anglo-Norman deinte; Old French deintie; Latin dignitatem, from dignitās, from dignus

Evidence

daintier, dainties, daintiest, daintily, daintiness, dainty, superdainty, undainty

Notes

dainty and dignity are doublets

See Also

Dign, Dainti