DELICATE
\dˈɛlɪkət], \dˈɛlɪkət], \d_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_k_ə_t]\
Definitions of DELICATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
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developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
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of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
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marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
By Princeton University
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difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
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developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
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of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"
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marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
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Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
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Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.
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Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
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Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
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A choice dainty; a delicacy.
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A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
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Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, a delicate creature.
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Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; - said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
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Slight or smooth; light and yielding; - said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
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Soft and fair; - said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.
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Light, or softly tinted; - said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
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Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; - said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.
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Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; - said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.
By Oddity Software
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Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
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Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
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Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.
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Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
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Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
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A choice dainty; a delicacy.
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A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
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Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, a delicate creature.
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Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; - said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
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Slight or smooth; light and yielding; - said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
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Soft and fair; - said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.
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Light, or softly tinted; - said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
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Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; - said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.
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Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; - said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.
By Noah Webster.
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Pleasing to the taste; as, a delicate flavor; tender; refined; as, delicate attentions; physically frail; sensitive.
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Delicately.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Delicately.
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Fine and light; daintily pleasing; finely wrought; tender; frail; fragile.
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Refined; pure; chaste; dainty; sensitive.
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Delicateness.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pleasing to the senses, esp. the taste: dainty: nicely discriminating or perceptive: of a fine, slight texture or constitution: tender, frail: requiring nice handling: refined in manners, gentle, polite, considerate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pleasing to a nicely discriminating sense; dainty; requiring fineness of sense to distinguish; nice; fine; soft; slender; of a fine texture; nice in perception; implying nice sensibility, or refined; highly susceptible of injury; tender; to be handled with caution.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Soft; smooth; of a fine texture; nice or pleasing to the taste; nice and discriminating in the perception of beauty or deformity; fine; slender; that must be tended or handled with care; effeminate; not able to endure hardship; feeble; scrupulously polite and considerate in attending to the wishes and feelings of others.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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