"daintiful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more daintiful [comparative], most daintiful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English dayntefull, deyntefull, deintefull, equivalent to dainty + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dayntefull}} Middle English dayntefull, {{suf|en|dainty|-ful|pos=adjective}} dainty + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} daintiful (comparative more daintiful, superlative most daintiful)
  1. Synonym of dainty Synonyms: dainty [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: daintifully
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