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noun (delicacies)
  1. the quality of being delicate.
  2. something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy
  3. fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
  4. frailty of health or fitness.
  5. refinement in taste or discrimination.
  6. tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
Etymology: From delicacie < delicat< delicatus

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