delicacy
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English delicacie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English delicat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin delicatus.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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.
Related terms
Translations
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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