superdainty

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ dainty.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superdainty (comparative more superdainty, superlative most superdainty)

1. (rare) Very dainty.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     You lie, in faith, for you are call’d plain Kate,
     And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst;
     But, Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom,
     Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate,
     For dainties are all Kates […]