Delicacy

Definitions

1. The quality of being delicate.
   countable, uncountable
2. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
   countable, uncountable
3. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
   countable, uncountable
4. Frailty of health or fitness.
   countable, uncountable
5. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
   countable, uncountable
6. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] for unless a matter⟳ be true enough to stand⟳ a good deal⟳ of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order⟳, and the blame⟳ will rather lie⟳ with its own⟳ delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.”

“a Chinese delicacy”

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