"daintiness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪntɪnəs/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-daintiness.wav [US] Forms: daintinesses [plural]
Etymology: dainty + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dainty|ness}} dainty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} daintiness (countable and uncountable, plural daintinesses)
  1. The characteristic of being dainty. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (characteristic of being dainty): aantrekkelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), lezzet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-daintiness-en-noun-yPshFqtd Disambiguation of 'characteristic of being dainty': 87 13
  2. A dainty behaviour or gesture. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-daintiness-en-noun-vzZ~jI~Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 19 81

Inflected forms

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