The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deyntee
Deynte \Deyn"te\, Deyntee \Deyn"tee\, n. & a.
See Dainty. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "deyntee".
Taak any bryd, and put it in a cage, And do al thyn entente and thy corage To fostre it tendrely with mete and drynke, Of alle deyntees that thou kanst bithynke.
Lat take a cat, and fostre hym wel with milk, And tendre flessh, and make his couche of silk, And lat hym seen a mous go by the wal, Anon he weyveth milk and flessh and al, And every deyntee that is in that hous, Swich appetit he hath to ete a mous.