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Delicate   /dˈɛləkət/   Listen
adjective
Delicate  adj.  
1.
Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. (R.) "Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went." "Haarlem is a very delicate town."
2.
Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
3.
Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."
4.
Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
5.
Slight or smooth; light and yielding; said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
6.
Soft and fair; said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.
7.
Light, or softly tinted; said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
8.
Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.
9.
Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health. "A delicate and tender prince."
10.
Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question. "There are some things too delicate and too sacred to be handled rudely without injury to truth."
11.
Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
12.
Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
13.
Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.


noun
Delicate  n.  
1.
A choice dainty; a delicacy. (R.) "With abstinence all delicates he sees."
2.
A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person. "All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, are only of the Corinth metal."





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"Delicate" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sardou was standing, his hands clasped behind him, examining through half-closed eyes a delicate pastel, signed Chaplain—a portrait of Madame Darbois at twenty. At the professor's entry, he turned round and exclaimed with the engaging friendliness that was one of his special charms, "What a very pretty ...
— The Idol of Paris • Sarah Bernhardt
... and delicate; that cou'd not be mended. But pray, Sir, was this your own? I took it for ...
— Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (1694) • Lawrence Echard
... serenity of his old age by the indiscreet garrulity of mine. But the brotherhood between him and Lowell brought our lives together, and Lowell was the pole to which both our needles swung. Norton's delicate health made it impossible for him to take part in the excursions made by the Club, though he was ...
— The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I • Stillman, William James
... tell My people there's a limit to the size of the lettering,' he said. 'Overdo that and the ret'na doesn't take it in. Advertisin' is the most delicate of ...
— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling
... I've bin thinkin', lad (pull), that you'll have to (puff)—there's somethin' wrong with the pipe to-night, it don't draw well (puff)—you'll have to do somethin' or other in the town, for it won't do to leave the old woman, lad, in her delicate state o' health. Had she turned in when ...
— The Lighthouse • R.M. Ballantyne


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