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delicacy

noun
/ˈdɛlɪkəsi/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from delicatus
  2. derived from delicat
  3. inherited from delicacie

Definitions

  1. The quality of being delicate.

    • […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.

  2. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain…

    Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.

    • a Chinese delicacy

  3. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Frailty of health or fitness.

    2. Refinement in taste or discrimination.

    3. Tact and propriety

      Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

The neighborhood

Derived

hyperdelicacy, indelicacy, overdelicacy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at delicacy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at delicacy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at delicacy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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