different between dainty vs suv

English

Etymology

From Middle English deynte, from Old French deintié, from Latin dignit?tem. Doublet of dignity.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?de?nti/
• Rhymes: -e?nti

Noun

dainty (plural dainties)

1. A delicacy (in taste).
   • 1791, William Cowper, The Odyssey of Homer
2. (obsolete) Esteem, honour.
3. (Canada, Prairies and northwestern Ontario) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, typically homemade, served at a social event (usually plural).
4. (obsolete) An affectionate term of address.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

dainty (comparative daintier, superlative daintiest)

1. (obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.
2. Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
3. Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War

Synonyms

• neat
• petite

Derived terms

• daintily
• daintiness

Translations

References

• “dainty” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

suv

1. water

References

• Peter O. Müller, Word-Formation: An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe

Krymchak

Noun

suv

1. water

References

• Krymchak language
• Mediterranean Language Review, volumes 10-11 (1998), page 2 (notes that Polinsky 1992 asserts, contrary to textual evidence, that the form is su)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Croatian): s?h

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sux?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sû??/

Adjective

s?v (definite s?v?, comparative s?vlji, Cyrillic spelling ????) (Serbia)

1. dry, dried
2. thin, meagre, slender (of a man)
3. pinched, haggard, gaunt (of a face)
4. withered, sear

Declension

Uzbek

Etymology

From Old Turkic. Cognate to Turkish su.

Noun

suv (plural suvlar)

1. water