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Delicacy

Delicacy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Delicacy? [n] lightness in movement or manner [n] the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features" [n] subtly skillful handling of a situation [n] lack of physical strength [n] smallness of stature [n] refined taste; tact [n] something considered choice to eat Synonyms \| Synonyms for Delicacy: airiness \| daintiness \| dainty \| diplomacy \| discreetness \| discretion \| fineness \| finesse \| fragility \| goody \| kickshaw \| slightness \| treat Related Terms \| Find terms related to Delicacy: absoluteness \| accommodatingness \| accuracy \| acquired taste \| affectivity \| agreeableness \| airiness \| airy texture \| allergy \| ambrosia \| amiable weakness \| anaphylaxis \| appreciation \| appreciation of differences \| appreciation of excellence \| appreciativeness \| artistic judgment \| ascent \| attention to detail \| attention to fact \| attentiveness \| attenuation \| banquet \| beauty \| bonne bouche \| 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hazardousness \| healthlessness \| heedfulness \| helpfulness \| human frailty \| hyperesthesia \| hyperpathia \| hypersensitivity \| hypochondria \| hypochondriasis \| identification \| ill health \| impressionability \| inconsequentiality \| inconsiderableness \| indecisiveness \| indulgence \| infirmity \| infirmity of will \| inherent vice \| insecurity \| insignificance \| insolidity \| instability \| insubstantiality \| insufficiency \| invalidism \| invalidity \| irresolution \| irritability \| judiciousness \| laciness \| lack of weight \| languishing \| languishment \| leniency \| levitation \| levity \| lightness \| literalism \| literality \| literalness \| littleness \| luxury \| making distinctions \| manna \| margin \| mathematical precision \| meagerness \| meanness \| mellowness \| meticulousness \| mindfulness \| minuteness \| mistiness \| moderateness \| modesty \| moral weakness \| morbidezza \| morbidity \| morbidness \| morsel \| narrow margin \| nectar \| nervousness \| nice distinction \| niceness \| niceness of distinction \| nicety \| nonresistiveness \| nonrigidity \| nuance \| obligingness \| oversensibility \| oversensitiveness \| overtenderness \| palate \| paperiness \| particle of difference \| particularity \| particularness \| passibility \| peach fuzz \| peakedness \| perceptiveness \| perceptivity \| perfection \| perilousness \| pettiness \| photophobia \| picayunishness \| plushiness \| point of difference \| polish \| poor health \| precariousness \| preciseness \| precisianism \| precision \| prickliness \| propriety \| pubescence \| pudency \| pudicity \| pulpiness \| punctiliousness \| punctuality \| puniness \| quality \| rarity \| refined discrimination \| refined palate \| refinement \| regale \| regard \| regardfulness \| responsiveness \| right \| rightness \| rigidity \| rigidness \| rigor \| rigorousness \| riskiness \| satin \| satininess \| savory \| scantiness \| scrupulosity \| scrupulousness \| seemliness \| selectiveness \| sense \| sensibility \| sensitiveness \| sensitivity \| sensitization \| severity \| shade of difference \| shakiness \| shame \| sickliness \| silk \| silkiness \| sleaziness \| slenderness \| slightness \| slimness \| slipperiness \| smallness \| smoothness \| softheartedness \| softness \| solicitousness \| solicitude \| sophistication \| soreness \| sponginess \| strictness \| subtility \| subtle distinction \| subtlety \| supersensitivity \| susceptibility \| sweetmeat \| sword of Damocles \| tact \| tactfulness \| taste \| tastefulness \| tender feeling \| tenderheartedness \| tenderness \| tenuity \| tetchiness \| textualism \| the letter \| thin skin \| thinness \| thought \| thoughtfulness \| ticklish business \| ticklishness \| tidbit \| tininess \| titbit \| toleration \| totteriness \| touchiness \| treat \| triviality \| uncertainty \| undependability \| unhealthiness \| unheaviness \| unimportance \| unpredictability \| unreliability \| unsafeness \| unsolidity \| unsoundness \| unsteadiness \| unsubstantiality \| unsureness \| untrustworthiness \| unwholesomeness \| vagueness \| valetudinarianism \| velleity \| velvet \| velvetiness \| volatility \| vulnerability \| warm heart \| warmheartedness \| wasting \| wateriness \| weakliness \| weakness \| weightlessness \| wide margin \| wispiness \| womanishness \| yeastiness See Also \| aliment \| alimentation \| ambrosia \| appreciation \| bone marrow \| choice morsel \| confection \| confectionery \| discernment \| elegance \| gelatin \| jelly \| life \| littleness \| liveliness \| marrow \| nectar \| nourishment \| nutriment \| nutrition \| perceptiveness \| savory \| savoury \| smallness \| spirit \| sprightliness \| sustenance \| sweet \| tact \| tactfulness \| taste \| tidbit \| titbit \| victuals \| weakness Delicacy In Webster's Dictionary \Del"icacy\, 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 Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delicacy?

[n] lightness in movement or manner
[n] the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"
[n] subtly skillful handling of a situation
[n] lack of physical strength
[n] smallness of stature
[n] refined taste; tact
[n] something considered choice to eat

Delicacy In Webster's Dictionary

\Del"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}.

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