Delicate

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a.	1.	Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went. - Piers Plowman. Haarlem is a very delicate town. - Evelyn.
	2.	Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.
	3.	Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature."
	4.	Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; - said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
	5.	Slight or smooth; light and yielding; - said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.
	6.	Soft and fair; - said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.
	7.	Light, or softly tinted; - said of a color; as, a delicate blue.
	8.	Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; - said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.
	9.	Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; - said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health. A delicate and tender prince. - Shak.
	10.	Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question. There are some things too delicate and too sacred to be handled rudely without injury to truth. - F. W. Robertson.
	11.	Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
	12.	Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.
	13.	Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.
n.	1.	A choice dainty; a delicacy. With abstinence all delicates he sees. - Dryden.
	2.	A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person. All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, - those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, - are only of the Corinth metal. - Holland.

Adj.	1.	delicate - exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" Antonyms: rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the winderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
	2.	delicate - marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"
	3.	delicate - easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" Synonyms: fragile, frail
	4.	delicate - easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin" Synonyms: soft
	5.	delicate - developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense" Synonyms: finespun
	6.	delicate - difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter" Synonyms: ticklish
	7.	delicate - of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"

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