delicacy

(dĕl'ĭ-kə-sē)
n., pl., -cies.

1. The quality of being delicate.
2. Something pleasing and appealing, especially a choice food.
3. Fineness of appearance, construction, or execution; elegance: brushwork of great delicacy.
4. Frailty of bodily constitution or health.
5. Sensitivity of perception, discrimination, or taste; refinement.
6. 1. Sensitivity to the feelings of others; tact: phrased the apology with delicacy.
   2. Sensitivity to what is proper; propriety.
   3. Undue sensitivity to or concern with what may be considered offensive or improper; squeamishness: scenes that might offend a viewer's delicacy.
7. The need for tact in treatment or handling: a topic of some delicacy.
8. Sensitivity to very small changes; precision: the delicacy of a set of scales.

[Middle English delicacie, from delicat, delicate. See delicate.]

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noun

1. Something fine and delicious, especially a food: dainty, morsel, tidbit, treat. Informal goody. See good/bad, ingestion.
2. The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness. See strong/weak.

n

Definition: daintiness, fineness of structure
Antonyms: coarseness, heaviness, indelicacy, inelegance, robustness, roughness

For a list of words related to delicacy, see:

• Food in General - delicacy: very rare, costly, or fine food

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - finhed, skrøbelighed, ømtålelighed, delikatesse, takt, følsomhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
verfijndheid, broosheid, neteligheid, kiesheid, tact, delicatesse

Français (French)
n. - délicatesse, finesse, discrétion, sensibilité, tact, mets délicat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Empfindlichkeit, Zartgefühl, Delikatesse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπτότητα, αβρότητα, (μαγειρ.) λιχουδιά, γλύκισμα

Italiano (Italian)
delicatezza, tatto, leccornia, discrezione, raffinatezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - delicadeza (f), guloseima (f)

Русский (Russian)
деликатность, нежность, хрупкость, изысканность, чувствительность, деликатес

Español (Spanish)
n. - fragilidad, delicadeza, manjar delicado, regalo del paladar, consideración, tacto, finura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - finhet, sprödhet, spädhet, finess, delikatess

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精美, 娇嫩, 柔软, 优雅

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 精美, 嬌嫩, 柔軟, 優雅

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 섬세함, 취급에 주의를 요함, 부서지기 쉬움, 다루기 힘든

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 繊細さ, 壊れやすさ, 微妙さ, ひ弱さ, 心づかい, 思いやり, 慎み, 精巧さ, 感度のよさ, おいしいもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رقه, رهافه, طعام شهي أو مترف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעדן, רגישות, עדינות‬

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