delicacynoun
uk/ˈdel.ɪ.kə.si/us/ˈdel.ə.kə.si/delicacy noun (FOOD)
[ C ] something especially rare or expensive that is good to eat:
In some parts of the world, sheep's eyes are considered a great delicacy.
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Food - general words
- aliment
- bed
- carb
- chanterelle
- chow
- diabetic
- fibre
- foodstuff
- fruits of the earth idiom
- greengrocer
- grocer
- grocery
- pap
- ration
- refreshment
- roughage
- serving
- shelf life
- speciality
- tuck
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Expensive & luxurious
delicacy noun (POLITENESS)
[ U ] acting and speaking carefully so that no one is offended, or the possibility of causing offence:
He raised the matter with great delicacy.
I don't think you fully appreciate the delicacy of the situation.
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Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- equation
- fancy
- finicky
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- plot
- purple
- serpentine
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- wheel
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delicacy noun (BEING EASILY DAMAGED)
[ U ] the quality of being easy to damage or looking very easy to damage:
Because of their great delicacy, the books cannot be moved.
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Fragile and breakable
- breakable
- brittle
- crumbly
- delicate
- dodgy
- fissile
- flaky
- flimsy
- fragile
- frail
- friable
- ramshackle
- rickety
- tenuous
delicacy noun (CARE)
[ U ] the quality of being done carefully or gently:
We admired the delicacy of her brush strokes.
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Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- all things to all people idiom
- attractive
- banging
- be better than sex idiom
- brighten
- do sb the world of good idiom
- dreamy
- ducky
- enchant
- engaging
- jolly
- keep on the right side of sb idiom
- keep sb sweet idiom
- knock
- leafy
- lighten
- lovely
- quench
- tickle
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