DELICATE, a. [L. Connected with delight; to delight.] 1. Of a fine texture; fine; soft; smooth; clear, or fair; as a delicate skin.2. Nice; pleasing to the taste; of an agreeable flavor; as delicate food; a delicate dish.3. Nice in perception of what is agreeable; dainty; as a delicate taste; and figuratively, nice and discriminating in beauty and deformity.4. Nice; accurate; fine; soft to the eye; as a delicate color.5. Nice in forms; regulated by minute observance of propriety, or by condescension and attention to the wishes and feelings of others; as delicate behavior or manners; a delicate address.
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