daint

See also: dain't

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

daint (comparative more daint, superlative most daint)

1. (obsolete) Dainty.
   • 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:

     […] to cherish him with diets daint, / She cast to bring him, where he chearen might […]

Etymology 2

Adverb

daint (not comparable)

1. (Geordie) do not, don't
2. (West Midlands) didn't

Anagrams

• idant, tinda

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) dent

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēns, dentem, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

daint m (plural daints)

1. (anatomy, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) tooth

Derived terms

• pasta da daints