daintrel

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English

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Etymology

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From daint or dainty. Compare Old French daintier.

Noun

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daintrel (plural daintrels)

  1. (obsolete) A delicacy.
    • c. 1553 (date written), “S.” [pseudonym; attributed to William Stevenson], [] Gammer Gurtons Nedle: [], London: [] Thomas Colwell, published 1575, →OCLC; reprinted as John S. Farmer, editor, Gammer Gurton’s Needle [] (The Tudor Facsimile Texts), [London: [] John S. Farmer], 1910, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature [Bii], recto:
      But by thy words as I thẽ smelled, thy daintrels be not manye.

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