daintrel

English

Etymology

From daint or dainty. Compare Old French daintier.

Noun

daintrel (plural daintrels)

  1. (obsolete) A delicacy.
    • c. 1553 (date written), “S.” [pseudonym; attributed to William Stevenson], […] Gammer Gurtons Nedle: […], London: […] Thomas Colwell, published 1575, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature [B.ii.], recto:
      But by thy words as I thẽ [then] ſmelled, thy daintrels be not manye.

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