n.
The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
The daintiness and niceness of our captainsHakluyt.
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.
