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Definition: Daintiness |
DaintinessNoun1. The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "daintiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
Synonyms: DaintinessSynonyms: delicacy (n), fineness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Daintiness |
| English words defined with "daintiness": delicacy ♦ fineness. (references) |
| "Daintiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Daintiness" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "daintiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hollësi (circumstantiality, detail, exility, feature, particularity, point, specification, subtlety, tenuity), elegancë (chic, class, elegance, elegancy, grace, smartness, stylishness, urbanity). (various references) | |
Arabic | نعومة (fineness, mellowness, neatness, smoothness, softness, velvet), أناقة (chic, deftness, elegance, fineness, finery, neatness, richness, smartness, sophistication, sport, style, stylishness, suavity), رقة (airiness, benignity, delicacy, fineness, finesse, flimsiness, forgiveness, geniality, gentleness, graciousness, loveliness, neatness, polish, refinement, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sleeplessness, softness, suavity, subtlety, tenderling, tenderness, tenuity, tenuousness, thinness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | финес (delicacy, fineness, nicety, refinement, subtlety), изтънченост (courtliness, delicacy, discrimination, nicety, polish, politeness, refinement, sophistication, subtlety, urbanity), изисканост (accomplishments, class, elegance, elegancy, neatness, polish, politeness, refinement, stylishness, suavity, subtlety, urbanity). (various references) | |
Czech | lahùdkářství (delicatessen). (various references) | |
Finnish | somuus (neatness, prettiness), herkullisuus (deliciousness). (various references) | |
French | délicatesse. (various references) | |
German | zierlichkeit (delicateness, petiteness, slightness). (various references) | |
Greek | κομψότητα (comeliness, elegance, elegancy, jauntiness, neatness, prettiness, primness, rakishness, smartness, spruceness, stylishness, trigness, trimmness), νοστιμάδα (delicacy, lusciousness, palatability, palatableness, piquancy, raciness, relish, savoriness, spiciness, toothsomeness, zest), λεπτότητα (comity, consideration, delicacy, fineness, finesse, flimsiness, gauziness, niceness, nicety, polish, refinement, sleaziness, slenderness, slightness, slimness, subtlety, tact, tactfulness, tenuity, tenuousness, thinness, ticklishness, waspishness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ע"י ות (delicacy, fineness, finesse, gentleness, grace, niceness, refinement, softness, subtlety, tenderness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kecsesség (grace, gracefulness, prettiness), finomság (delicacy, elegance, elegancy, fineness, finesse, gentility, morbidezza, subtlety, tenuity, tenuousness, title), gyengédség (dearness, delicacy, endearment, fondness, tenderness), gondosság (care, diligence, heed, solicitude, thoughtfulness), finom falat (choice morsel, dainty morsel). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kelezatan (delectation, delicacy), kehalusan (delicacy), kecantikan (attractiveness, loveliness, pulchritude, sweetness). (various references) | |
Italian | delicatezza (care, delicacy, delicateness, gentleness, nicety, sensitivity, softness), raffinatezza (gentility, polish, politeness, refinement, sophistication). (various references) | |
Manx | dendeaysid (primness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aintinessday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | delicadeza (comity, consideration, courtesy, delicacy, fineness, finesse, mannerliness, niceness, nicety, respect, suavity, tenderness, urbanity). (various references) | |
Romanian | delicateţe (dainty, delicacy, fineness, gentleness, nicety, refinement, softness, tactfulness, tenderness, thinness), rafinament (accomplishments, courtliness, gentility, refinement, sophistication, subtlety), graţie (charm, goodliness, grace, gracefulness, handsomeness, thanks to), eleganţã (distinction, elegance, fashionableness, fineness, grace, handsomeness, jauntiness, polish, smartness, swellishness). (various references) | |
Russian | утонченность (delicacy, exility, nicety, refinement, subtlety). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prefinjenost (sophistication), nežnost (delicacy, endearment, mildness, tenderness). (various references) | |
Spanish | delicadeza (delicacy, delicateness, finesse, fragility, niceness), melindres (sponge finger), fenómeno de delicadeza, exquisitez (affectation, excellence, exquisiteness, lusciousness, lushness, richness). (various references) | |
Swedish | utsökthet (delicacy, fineness), finhet (delicacy, fineness, gentility, gentillity, nicety, tenuity). (various references) | |
Turkish | zarafet (dainty, elegance, fineness, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, pulchritude, spruceness, stylishness), titizlik (fastidiousness, fussiness, meticulousness, niceness, nicety, particularity, peevishness, punctilio, rigor, rigour, scrupulousness, thoroughness), nezaket (affability, civility, comity, complaisance, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, devoirs, gallantry, gentleness, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, keenness, kindliness, kindness, mildness, polish, politeness, suavity, sweetness, urbaneness, urbanity), lezzet (Flavor, flavour, gladness, good taste, joy, lusciousness, relish, salt, sapidity, sauce, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, smack, taste, zest), incelik (civility, courtesy, delicacy, discretion, elaborateness, fineness, finesse, fragility, grace, gracefulness, keenness, niceness, nicety, point, polish, politeness, refinement, slenderness, slightness, slimness, subtility, subtlety, tact, thinness, touch). (various references) | |
Ukranian | граціозність (airiness, gracefulness), витонченість (delicacy, elegance, exquisiteness, nicety, preciosity, refinement, smart, sophistication, stylishness, subtlety), вишуканість (chic, courtliness, delicacy, elegance, fineness, nicety, smartness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vị ngon l nh vẻ thanh nhã, tính thích sang trọng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "daintiness": daintinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Daintiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dauntiess. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "daintiness" (pronounced 'Dain"ti*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sanitised. | |
-2 letters: adenitis, dainties, destains, distains, insanest, insisted, isatines, sandiest, sanities, sanitise, stanines, teniasis, tidiness, tininess. | |
-3 letters: asinine, daisies, dentins, destain, detains, disseat, dissent, distain, entasis, inanest, indents, indites, inedita, insides, instead, intends, intines, isatine, isatins, nasties, sainted, sennits, sestina, siennas, snidest, stained, stanine, tansies, tineids, tisanes. | |
-4 letters: anenst, anises, asides, assent, daises, dassie, deists, dentin, desist, detain, diesis, inanes, indent, indies, indite, innate, insane, insets, inside, insist, intend, intine, isatin, niseis, sadist, sained, saints, sanest, sanies, sansei, satins, sedans, seisin, seniti, sennas, sennit, sienna, siesta, sinned, stades, stains, stands, staned, stanes, steads, steins, tanned, tassie, teiids, teinds, tenias, tennis, tidies, tineas, tineid, tinned, tisane, tsades, tsadis. | |
-5 letters: adits, aides, anent, anise, anted, antes, antis, aside, assed, asset, dates, deans, deist, dents, diets, dines, dints, ditas, dites, easts, edits, entia, etnas, ideas, inane, indie, inned, inset, intis, issei, nates, neats, neist, nests, nides, nines, nisei, nites, nitid, sades, sadis, saids, sains, saint, sands, saned, sanes, sasin, sated, sates, satin, satis, seats, sedan, sends, senna, sensa, senti, sides, sines, sited, sites, sneds, snide, snits, stade, staid, stain, stand, stane, stead, stein, stied, sties, tains, tasse, teiid, teind, tends, tenia, tides, tinea, tined, tines, tsade, tsadi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-n-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: daintinesses, designations, destinations, disinfestant, dispensation. | |
+3 letters: desalinations, disinfectants, disinfestants, dispensations, disseminating, dissemination, identicalness, mountainsides. | |
+4 letters: antidepression, antidesiccants, antimodernists, considerations, densifications, disinfestation, dispensational, disseminations, indelicateness, inordinateness, insubordinates, modernisations, sedimentations. | |
+5 letters: antidepressions, clandestinities, desalinizations, desensitization, disappointments, discontinuances, disinfestations, disinheritances, disintegrations, disorientations, identicalnesses, indomitableness, indubitableness, opinionatedness, predestinarians, predestinations, rudimentariness, sensationalised, sensationalized, sentimentalised, subinfeudations, unmitigatedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 61 69 6E 74 69 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- .. -. - .. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a i n t i n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0061 0069 006E 0074 0069 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38677580867580718585 |
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