Definition of delicate

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Delicate (a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk..

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Delicate :: 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..
Mauve :: Mauve (n.) A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion..
Sertularia :: Sertularia (n.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue..
Migniardise :: Migniardise (n.) Delicate fondling.
Witily :: Witily (adv.) In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with it; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds..
Junket :: Junket (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
Vitrina :: Vitrina (n.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name..
Say :: Say (n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness..
Preraphaelitism :: Preraphaelitism (n.) The doctrine or practice of a school of modern painters who profess to be followers of the painters before Raphael. Its adherents advocate careful study from nature, delicacy and minuteness of workmanship, and an exalted and delicate conception of the subject..
Queasy :: Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Daintify :: Daintify (v. t.) To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
Rose-colored :: Rose-colored (a.) Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
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