daintiness

DA'INTINESS, n.

1. Delicacy; softness; elegance; nicety; as the daintiness of the limbs.

2. Delicacy; deliciousness; applied to food; as the daintiness of provisions.

3. Nicety in taste; squeamishness; fastidiousness; as the daintiness of the taste.

4. Ceremoniousness; scrupulousness; nice attention to manners.