Dutch Meaning of delicacy

Delicatesse

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Definitions and Meaning of delicacy in English

Wordnet

delicacy (n)

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

something considered choice to eat

refined taste; tact

smallness of stature

lack of physical strength

subtly skillful handling of a situation

lightness in movement or manner

Webster

delicacy (a.)

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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.

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.

Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.

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.

Pleasure; gratification; delight.

FAQs About the word delicacy

Delicatesse

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance, something considered choice to eat, refined taste; tact, smallness of stature, lack of physical stren

behandeling,bit,snoep,Kat,sierlijk,dessert,goodie,snoepgoed,prullaria,hap

Grofheid,Vastheid,ruwheid,onbeschoftheid,stevigheid,Grofheid,lompheid,kracht

delicacies => Delicatesse, delibration => overweging, delibrating => overleggende, delibrated => overwogen, delibrate => opzettelijk,