delicacy
Meaning of delicacy
noun
- fineness or intricacy of texture or structure.
miniature pearls of exquisite delicacy
- susceptibility to illness or adverse conditions; fragility.
- tact and consideration.
I have to treat this matter with the utmost delicacy
- a choice or expensive food.
traditional Japanese delicacies
late Middle English (in the senses ‘voluptuousness’ and ‘luxuriousness’): from delicate + -acy.
Information about delicacy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of delicacy is: delicacies.
- Languages in which delicacy is used:
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Hyphenation of delicacy
del-i-cacy
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- delicacy is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
delicacy synonyms
Meaning daintiness:
Meaning dainty:
dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat
Meaning discretion:
Meaning slightness:
Meaning fragility:
Meaning diplomacy:
diplomacy, discreetness, finesse
Meaning airiness:
Meaning the quality of being intricate:
Meaning the quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner:
Meaning smoothness and elegance of movement:
Meaning the quality or condition of being sensitive:
Meaning the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate:
Meaning the quality or state of being correct or precise:
Meaning the quality of being accurate or correct; precision:
Meaning the condition of being weak and delicate:
Meaning the state or condition of being weak:
Meaning physical weakness, especially as a result of illness:
Meaning physical or mental weakness:
Meaning the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something:
Meaning skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues:
Meaning the quality or state of being subtle:
Meaning careful thought, typically over a period of time:
Meaning the quality of being able to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity:
Meaning a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense:
Meaning a small piece of tasty food:
Meaning a choice food; a delicacy:
delicacy antonyms
Meaning the quality of being rough or harsh:
Meaning the quality or condition of being strong and in good condition:
Meaning the quality of being awkward or careless in one's movements:
Meaning lack of concern for others' feelings:
Translation of delicacy
- German: Delikatesse, Zartheit, Leckerbissen, Köstlichkeit, Schmankerl
- French: délice, gâterie, délicatesse, finesse, régal
- Italian: dolciume, delicatezza, ghiottoneria, leccornia, squisitezza, prelibatezza, golosità, delizia
- Portuguese: guloseima, delicadeza, iguaria
- Spanish: golosina, delicadeza, exquisitez
Words that rhyme with delicacy
coefficacy, complicacy, efficacy, graphicacy, hyperdelicacy, indelicacy, inefficacy, intricacy, nonefficacy, nonprolificacy, overdelicacy, pervicacy, prolificacy, epicaricacy, advocacy, equivocacy, nonadvocacy, preadvocacy, univocacy
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