Definition of Delicate

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Delicate

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."

Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.

Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.

Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.

Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue.

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.

Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.

Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.

A choice dainty; a delicacy.

A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

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Delicate Quotations

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.
Rodney Dangerfield

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.
Josh Billings

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.
Jerry Seinfeld

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Robert Louis Stevenson

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."
Marilyn vos Savant

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.
Jose Marti

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
Ovid

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
Ovid

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
Dag Hammarskjold

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the other.
David Hume

Delicate Translations

delicate in Afrikaans is teer, delikaat
delicate in Dutch is kies, delicaat, gevoelig, iel
delicate in German is zart, lecker
delicate in Italian is esile, elegante
delicate in Latin is tener tenera tenerum
delicate in Portuguese is delicado
delicate in Spanish is delgado, delicado, fino, delicado, enredoso

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