dainteth, -ith, n. and a. Now only Sc.
(ˈdeɪntɪθ)
Forms: 4–5 dein-, deyn-, dain-, daynteth(e, rarely -ith(e, -yth, (also den-, dan-, dayen-, dayne-), 8–9 Sc. daintith, -eth.
[a. OF. daintiet, deintiet:—L. dignitāt-em, f. dignus worthy: see dainty n.]
A. = dainty n.
| c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. Beket 1190 Heo bi-gan to serui þis holi man and deinteþes [Percy Soc. l. 1202 deyntés] to him brouȝte. a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxxv. 10 With other..he has litill daynteth to dwell. c 1400 Destr. Troy 463 Sho hade no deintithe to dele with no deire meite. c 1450 Bk. Curtasye 527 in Babees Bk. (1868) 316 Yf any deyntethe in countré be, Þo stuarde schewes hit to þo lorde so fre. a 1774 Fergusson Drink Eclogue Poems (1845) 52 On bien-clad tables..Bouden wi' a' the daintiths o' the land. 1820 Blackw. Mag. VII. 520 Sic daintiths are rare. |
† B. = dainty a. Obs.
| c 1430 Lydg. Chorle & Byrde lx, A dunghyll Douke as deyntieth as a Snyte. c 1440 Gesta Rom. lviii. 374 (Add. MS.) He myght not take of the noble and deynteth metes. |
Hence † ˈdaintethly adv., † ˈdaintethness.
| c 1440 Gesta Rom. l. 370 (Add. MS.) Riche men..þat..etyn and drynkyn deyntethly. c 1440 York Myst. i. 78 Thi dale, lord, es ay daynetethly delande. 1548 Thomas Ital. Gram., Dilicatezza, daintethnesse, or delicacie. |