Definition of delicate

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

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Subtly :: Subtly (adv.) Nicely; delicately.
Miniardize :: Miniardize (v. t.) To render delicate or dainty.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution..
Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura..
Araneous :: Araneous (a.) Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid..
Nesh :: Nesh (a.) Soft; tender; delicate.
Flos-ferri :: Flos-ferri (n.) A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore..
Ladylike :: Ladylike (a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
Jussi :: "Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made..
Sideroscope :: Sideroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
Neritina :: Neritina (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted..
Lavender :: Lavender (n.) The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer..
Trichomanes :: Trichomanes (n.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States..
Pessulus :: Pessulus (n.) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
Byssaceous :: Byssaceous (a.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algae..
Delicateness :: Delicateness (n.) The quality of being delicate.
Say :: Say (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth..
Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject..
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