delicacy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
delicacy (countable and uncountable, plural delicacies)
- The quality of being delicate.
- Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
- a Chinese delicacy
- Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- Frailty of health or fitness.
- Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
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Translations[edit]
quality of being delicate
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something appealing, especially a pleasing food
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elegance of construction or appearance
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refinement in taste
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