Daintily
91general — [13] General is one of a vast range of English words which go back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *gen , *gon , *gn , denoting ‘produce’. Its Germanic offshoots include kin, kind, and probably king, but for sheer numbers it is… …
92dainty — [dān′tē] n. pl. dainties [ME deinte, excellent, fine, orig., feeling of esteem < Anglo Fr deinté < OFr deinté < L dignitas, worth, DIGNITY] a choice food; delicacy adj. daintier, daintiest 1. delicious and choice [a dainty morsel] 2.… …
93pick — pick1 [pik] vt. [ME pykken, var. of picchen, to PITCH2] Weaving to throw (a shuttle) n. 1. one passage or throw of the shuttle of a loom 2. one of the weft threads, or filling yarns pick2 [pik] n. [ …
94dainty — adj. & n. adj. (daintier, daintiest) 1 delicately pretty. 2 delicate of build or in movement. 3 (of food) choice. 4 fastidious; having delicate taste and sensibility. n. (pl. ies) a choice morsel; a delicacy. Derivatives: daintily adv. daintiness …
95quaint — adj. 1 piquantly or attractively unfamiliar or old fashioned. 2 daintily odd. Derivatives: quaintly adv. quaintness n. Etymology: earlier senses wise, cunning : ME f. OF cointe f. L cognitus past part. of cognoscere ascertain …
96choicely — adverb Etymology: Middle English choisly, from chois, adjective + ly : in a choice manner: a. : with care in choosing : carefully, discriminatingly b …
97mignonne — mēnˈyōⁿ adjective Etymology: French, feminine of mignon : daintily small : petite * * * /min yon /; Fr. /mee nyawn /, adj. 1. small and delicate. n. 2. (cap.) Also, Mignon …
98gin´ger|li|ness — gin|ger|ly «JIHN juhr lee», adverb, adjective. –adv. 1. with extreme care or caution; warily: »We live in an age when all men walk gingerly (Esquire). 2. Obsolete. daintily; mincingly. –adj. 1. extremely cautious or wary: »Mahler s first… …
99gin|ger|ly — «JIHN juhr lee», adverb, adjective. –adv. 1. with extreme care or caution; warily: »We live in an age when all men walk gingerly (Esquire). 2. Obsolete. daintily; mincingly. –adj. 1. extremely cautious or wary: »Mahler s first symphony…w …
100abrodietical — † abrodietical, a. or n. Obs. 0 [f. Gr. ἀβροδίαιτ ος living delicately + ical.] ‘A delicate person.’ Cockeram 1612. ‘Feeding daintily, delicate, luxurious,’ Minsheu 1627. Prob. never used …
