Delicacy Definition

dĕlĭ-kə-sē
delicacies
noun
delicacies
The quality of being delicate as in taste, odor, or texture.
Webster's New World
Fragile beauty or graceful slightness, softness, etc.; fineness.
The delicacy of a petal, of spun glass, or of a child's face.
Webster's New World
Weakness of constitution or health; frailty.
Webster's New World
Fineness of feeling, observation, or appreciation.
Delicacy of musical taste.
Webster's New World
Sensitivity of perception, discrimination, or taste; refinement.
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Other Word Forms of Delicacy

Noun

Singular:
delicacy
Plural:
delicacies

Origin of Delicacy

  • From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English delicacie from delicat delicate delicate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Delicacy Sentence Examples

  • Delicacy of health compelled his retirement in the autumn of 1835.

  • The flesh of the American beaver is eaten by the Indians, and when roasted in the skin is esteemed a delicacy and is said to taste like pork.

  • Her singing was both warmth of sound and delicacy of nuance.

  • Thus the restoration and interpretation of the poems is one of peculiar delicacy and difficulty.

  • The imperfections of the thermopile, with which he began his work, led him, about 1880, to the invention of the bolometer, an instrument of extraordinary delicacy, which in its most refined form is believed to be capable of detecting a change of temperature amounting to less than one-hundred-millionth of a degree Centigrade.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEL

Words Ending With

YCYACY

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Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With D8 Letter Words Ending With Y