Delicacy
Definition of Delicacy
Del´i`ca`cy | n. | 1. | The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like. | | 2. | Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame. | | 3. | Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.You know your mother's delicacy in this point. - Cowper. | | 4. | Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment. | | 5. | Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy. | | 6. | The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance. | | 7. | That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table. | | 8. | Pleasure; gratification; delight. |
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