daint
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See also: dain't
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
daint (comparative more daint, superlative most daint)
- (obsolete) Dainty.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- […] to cherish him with diets daint,
She cast to bring him, where he chearen might […]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adverb[edit]
daint (not comparable)
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.
Noun[edit]
daint m (plural daints)
Derived terms[edit]
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