delicacies

noun pl. delicacies

1. the quality of being delicate as in taste, odor, or texture
2. fragile beauty or graceful slightness, softness, etc.; fineness: the delicacy of a petal, of spun glass, or of a child's face
3. weakness of constitution or health; frailty
4. the quality or condition of needing careful and deft handling: negotiations of great delicacy
5. fineness of feeling, observation, or appreciation: delicacy of musical taste
6. sensitiveness of response: the delicacy of a compass
7. fineness of touch, skill, etc.
8. a fine regard for the feelings of others
9. a sensitive or, sometimes, finicky distaste for what is considered improper or offensive
10. a choice food: caviar and other delicacies
11. Obsolete luxuriousness

Origin: ME delicacie < ML delicacia < L delicatus: see delicate