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delicacy (n.)
1.lightness in movement or manner
2.the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance"the daintiness of her touch" "the fineness of her features"
3.subtly skillful handling of a situation
4.lack of physical strength
5.smallness of stature
6.refined taste; tact
7.something considered choice to eat
8.the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste"a man of intellectual refinement" "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"
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DelicacyDel"i*ca*cy (?), n.; pl. Delicacies (#). [From Delicate, a.]
1. The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
What choice to choose for delicacy best. Milton.
2. Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.
3. Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
You know your mother's delicacy in this point. Cowper.
4. Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy? Milton.
5. Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England. Macaulay.
6. The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
7. That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Rev. xviii. 3.
8. Pleasure; gratification; delight. [Obs.]
He Rome brent for his delicacie. Chaucer.
Syn. -- See Dainty.
delicacy (n.)
airiness, civilisation, civilization, daintiness, dainty, debility, diplomacy, discreetness, discretion, elegance, fineness, finesse, fragility, frailness, gentleness, goody, kickshaw, luxury, modesty, nicety, overnicety, refinement, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, slightness, softness, sophistication, subtlety, sweet, sweetmeat, tact, tactfulness, tenderness, treat, tidbit (American), titbit (British)
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See also
delicacy (n.)
↗ demanding, exacting, fastidious, fine
delicacy (n.)
goût agréable (fr)[Classe]
beauté physique (personnes) (fr)[Classe]
caractère de ce qui est doux (choses) (fr)[Classe]
(volubility; eloquence; fluency; smoothness)[termes liés]
fine[Propriété~]
delicacy (n.)
viande : pièces de boucherie (fr)[Classe]
mets, boisson délicieux (fr)[Classe]
delicacy (n.)
delicacy (n.)
delicacy (n.)
habileté d'esprit (fr)[Classe]
savoir-vivre (fr)[Classe]
subtlety; quip; astuteness; shrewdness; nicety[Classe]
délicat (fr)[Propriété~]
delicacy (n.)
faintness, frailty, weakness[Hyper.]
delicacy (n.)
littleness, smallness[Hyper.]
slender, slight, slim, svelte[Dérivé]
delicacy (n.)
delicacy (n.)
delicacy (n.)
excellence[Hyper.]
civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train[Dérivé]
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