delicacy
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/ˈdɛlɪkəsi/
(UK)
Definition of delicacy
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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(countable, uncountable)Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
“a Chinese delicacy”
- (countable, uncountable)Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- (countable, uncountable)Frailty of health or fitness.
- (countable, uncountable)Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- (countable, uncountable)Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus. Equivalent to delicate + -cy.
Words you can make from delicacy
108 playable · top: CYCLED (14 pts)
Best play cycled 14 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
38 words- ACYL 9 pts
- CLAY 9 pts
- LACY 9 pts
- CECA 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- LADY 8 pts
- YALD 8 pts
- YELD 8 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- ACID 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CADI 7 pts
- CAID 7 pts
- CEDI 7 pts
- CLAD 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DICE 7 pts
- ICED 7 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- AIDE 5 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEIL 5 pts
- DELI 5 pts
- DIAL 5 pts
- DIEL 5 pts
- IDEA 5 pts
- IDLE 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LAID 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LIED 5 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
3-letter words
29 words2-letter words
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