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daint

/deɪnt/

daint adjective: dainty.

Adjective

daint (comparative more daint, superlative most daint)

  1. (obsolete) Dainty.
    • […] to cherish him with diets daint,
      She cast to bring him, where he chearen might […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Verb

daint

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

Forms of daint

comparativemore daint
superlativemost daint

Questions about daint

What does daint mean?
Daint means dainty.
What part of speech is daint?
Daint can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce daint?
Daint is pronounced /deɪnt/.

Words near daint in the dictionary

  1. daing na bangus
  2. Daingean
  3. Daingerfield
  4. Dainichi Nyorai
  5. Dains
  6. daint
  7. dainteth
  8. dainteths
  9. daintier
  10. dainties
  11. daintiest

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