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daintith

daintith is the alternative form of dainteth.

Meaning of dainteth

Noun

dainteth (plural dainteths)

  1. (obsolete) A dainty; a delicacy.

Proper noun capitalized: Daintith

Daintith (plural Daintiths)

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Forms of daintith

Noun
pluraldaintiths
Proper noun
pluralDaintiths

Origin of daintith

A nickname for a pleasant or handsome person, from Middle English deinteth (“pleasure, tidbit”), which is from Old French deintié (“dignity”).

Questions about daintith

What does daintith mean?
Daintith means a surname transferred from the nickname.
What is daintith the alternative form of?
Daintith is the alternative form of dainteth.
What part of speech is daintith?
Daintith is a proper noun.

Words near daintith in the dictionary

  1. daintifying
  2. daintihood
  3. daintily
  4. daintiness
  5. daintinesses
  6. daintith
  7. daintiths
  8. Dainton
  9. daintrel
  10. daintrels
  11. dainty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: daintith (page history and authors); Daintith (page history and authors); dainteth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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