Clues for the word "DELICACY"
We've had 15 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 13 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on March 18, 2024.
Definition of delicacy
- a. - The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
- a. - Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.
- a. - Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
- a. - Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
- a. - Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
- a. - The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
- a. - That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
- a. - Pleasure; gratification; delight.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 18, 2024
- Mirror Quick - June 08, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 08, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 23, 2013
- Guardian Quick - April 23, 2012
- New York Times - November 20, 2011
- Guardian Quick - June 08, 2011
- LA Times - November 30, 2010
- New York Times - February 08, 2010
- New York Times - July 27, 2008
- Guardian Quick - August 27, 2006
- Guardian Quiptic - June 19, 2006
- New York Times - November 02, 1999