delicate

Etymology
From, from , from , usually in plural , from , from + , from , of unknown ultimate origin. Compare, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
 * 2) Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
 * 3) Intended for use with fragile items.
 * 4) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
 * 5) Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
 * 6)  Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
 * Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
 * 1)  Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
 * 1) Intended for use with fragile items.
 * 2) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
 * 3) Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
 * 4)  Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
 * Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
 * 1)  Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
 * 1) Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
 * 2)  Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
 * Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
 * 1)  Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
 * 1)  Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
 * Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
 * 1)  Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
 * Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
 * 1)  Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.


 * 1) * circa 1660, (author), William Bray (editor), The Diary of John Evelyn, volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, page 29:
 * Haerlem is a very delicate town and hath one of the fairest churches of the Gothic design I had ever seen.
 * 1) Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
 * 2) Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
 * 3) Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
 * 4) Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
 * 5) Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
 * 6) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
 * 1) Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
 * 2) Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
 * 3) Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
 * 4) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
 * 1) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
 * 1) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
 * 1) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

Translations

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 * French:
 * Old French: delicatif
 * Galician: delicado
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἁπαλός
 * Gujarati: નાજુક
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Ingrian: herkkä
 * Latin:
 * Maori: kōpīpī, kopī
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fìnealta snasta
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: บอบบาง, ละเอียดอ่อน


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 * Czech:
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 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἁβρός
 * Hebrew:
 * Latin: dēlicātus
 * Maori: whakatarapī
 * Mongolian:
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 * Czech:
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 * Ancient: τρυφερός
 * Hebrew:
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 * Greek:
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 * Ingrian: herkkä
 * Irish: leice
 * Maori: mōioio, tūoi
 * Russian:


 * Czech: rozklepaný
 * Finnish: liikuttunut
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Noun

 * 1) A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
 * 2)  A choice dainty; a delicacy.
 * 3)  A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
 * 4) A moth,
 * 1)  A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
 * 2) A moth,
 * 1) A moth,
 * 1) A moth,