delicacy
- Noun. The quality of being delicate.
- Noun. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -''a Chinese delicacy''.
- Noun. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- Noun. Frailty of health or fitness.
- Noun. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- Noun. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
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