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

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

Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer..

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..

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

Refine :: Refine (v. i.) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence..

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

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

Profanation :: Profanation (v. t.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy..

Diatom :: Diatom (n.) One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillariae, but this word is not in general use..

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

Effeminate :: Effeminate (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak..

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

Rude :: Rude (superl.) Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

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

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

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..

Obscene :: Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures..

Daintrel :: Daintrel (n.) Adelicacy.

Grugru Worm :: Grugru worm () The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy..

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