daint

See also: dain't

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɪnt/

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Etymology 1

Adjective

daint (comparative more daint, superlative most daint)

1. (obsolete) Dainty.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     […] to cherish him with diets daint,
     She cast to bring him, where he chearen might […]

Etymology 2

Adverb

daint (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

• tinda, ad int., idant

Romansch

Alternative forms

• dent (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)

Etymology

From Latin dēns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts.

Noun

daint m (plural daints)

1. (anatomy, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) tooth

Derived terms

• pasta da daints