delicacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of being delicate.
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
Frailty of health or fitness.
Refinement in taste or discrimination.
Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

/ˈdɛlɪkəsi/ En-us-delicacy.ogg

delicacy delicacies

From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus. Equivalent to delicate + -cy.

ambrosia

delicate delicatessen delicious delight

hyperdelicacy indelicacy overdelicacy

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