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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Delicacy \Del"i*ca*cy\, n.; pl. {Delicacies}. [From {Delicate},
a.]
1. The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to
the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of
odor, and the like.
What choice to choose for delicacy best. --Milton.
2. Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution;
softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence,
frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a
thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy
of the skin; delicacy of frame.
3. Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or
tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and
hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great
delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness;
delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
You know your mother's delicacy in this point.
--Cowper.
4. Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence;
luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For
gentle usage and soft delicacy? --Milton.
5. Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical
niceness; fastidious accuracy.
That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast
of the great public schools of England. --Macaulay.
6. The state of being affected by slight causes;
sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
7. That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or
pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to
the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through
the abundance of her delicacies. --Rev. xviii.
3.
8. Pleasure; gratification; delight. [Obs.]
He Rome brent for his delicacie. --Chaucer.
Syn: See {Dainty}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
delicacy
n 1: the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;
"the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her
features" [syn: {daintiness}, {fineness}]
2: something considered choice to eat [syn: {dainty}, {goody},
{kickshaw}, {treat}]
3: refined taste; tact [syn: {discretion}]
4: smallness of stature [syn: {slightness}]
5: lack of physical strength [syn: {fragility}]
6: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: {diplomacy}, {discreetness},
{finesse}]
7: lightness in movement or manner [syn: {airiness}]