Hyphenation of dainty

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dainty? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of dainty:

1.	Something considered choice to eat
2.	Affectedly dainty or refined
3.	Delicately beautiful A dainty teacup An exquisite cameo
4.	Especially pleasing to the taste A dainty dish to set before a kind
5.	Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Synonyms of dainty:

adj	mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee, refined
adj	exquisite, delicate
adj	tasty, tasteful
adj	nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish, fastidious
noun	delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat, nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

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