Definition of delicate

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Delicate (a.) Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as, a delicate blue..

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Delicately :: Delicately (adv.) In a delicate manner.
Rose-water :: Rose-water (a.) Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental..
Lacewing :: Lacewing (n.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvae are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly..
Wedgwood Ware :: Wedgwood ware () A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels..
Silken :: Silken (a.) Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language..
Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought..
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..
Pulpatoon :: Pulpatoon (n.) A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit..
Vesicularia :: Vesicularia (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells attached in clusters to slender flexible stems.
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.
Migniardise :: Migniardise (n.) Delicate fondling.
Delicate :: Delicate (n.) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person..
Rose-colored :: Rose-colored (a.) Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
Penciling :: Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture..
Mauve :: Mauve (n.) A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac..
Retina :: Retina (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye..
Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
Miniardize :: Miniardize (v. t.) To render delicate or dainty.
Oyster :: Oyster (n.) A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
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