Softness; gentleness; delicacy.

The quality of being delicate (in various senses).

Daintiness; effeminacy. Obsolete.

Delicate beauty, elegance, gracefulness; neatness, deftness.

Exquisite fineness of texture, substance, finish, etc.; graceful slightness, slenderness, or softness; soft or tender beauty.

Delicacy, fineness; minuteness (of a particle).

the blue of the plum (and variants): freshness, charm; the bloom of youth. Obsolete.

figurative. Freshness, delicate charm or beauty. to take the bloom off (a thing): to deprive it of its first freshness or beauty.

Daintified condition.

Daintiness.

The state or condition of having the ethereal, magical, or delicate qualities associated with fairies. Now rare.