noun (plural delicacies)
1 [U] the quality of being, or appearing to be, easy to damage or break:
the delicacy of the fabric * Her skin had the delicacy of a flower.
2 [U] the quality of being done carefully and gently:
the delicacy of his touch
3 [U] very careful behaviour in a difficult situation so that nobody is offended:
She handled the situation with great sensitivity and delicacy.
4 [U] the fact that a situation is difficult and sb may be easily offended:
I need to talk to you about a matter of some delicacy.
5 [C] a type of food considered to be very special in a particular place:
local delicacies * Dr Jaffrey handed us a plate of dates: traditionally the delicacy with which to break the Ramadan fast.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for delicacy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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