delicacy.
The quality of being delicate.
Meaning & usage
The quality of being delicate.
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
a Chinese delicacy
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus. Equivalent to delic(ate) + -acy.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.