daint

See also: dain't

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

daint (comparative more daint, superlative most daint)

  1. (obsolete) Dainty.
    • 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:
      […] 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

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) dent

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
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