Delicate
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; - said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.
(2): ( n.) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
(3): ( a.) Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.
(4): ( a.) Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
(5): ( a.) Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
(6): ( a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.
(7): ( a.) Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; - said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.
(8): ( n.) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
(9): ( a.) Light, or softly tinted; - said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
(10): ( a.) Soft and fair; - said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.
(11): ( a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; - said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
(12): ( a.) Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."
(13): ( 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.
(14): ( a.) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
(15): ( a.) Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; - said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
King James Dictionary [2]
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.
