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Ungentle :: Ungentle (a.) Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.

Morbidezza :: Morbidezza (n.) Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

Effeminacy :: Effeminacy (n.) Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men..

Nicety :: Nicety (n.) Delicacy or exactness of perception; minuteness of observation or of discrimination; precision.

Beccafico :: Beccafico (n.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc..

Mince :: Mince (v. i.) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

Kickshaws :: Kickshaws (n.) A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy.

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame..

Calipash :: Calipash (n.) A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle..

Delicate :: Delicate (n.) A choice dainty; a delicacy.

Ethereal :: Ethereal (a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc..

Underniceness :: Underniceness (n.) A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.

Lightness :: Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace..

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance..

Tenuity :: Tenuity (n.) Refinement; delicacy.

Calipee :: Calipee (n.) A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy..

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action..

Dainty :: Dainty (n.) That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Subtlety :: Subtlety (n.) Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

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