delicate
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Is delicate a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of delicate?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.Examples: "Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning."informal
2. (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.Examples: "This [Haarlem] is a very delicate towne, and hath one of the fairest Churches, of the Gotiq design, I had seene."obsolete
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.Examples: "With Abstinence all Delicates he Sees, / And can regale himself with Toast and Cheese."obsolete
2. (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.Examples: "A council of war was called, and the delicates met in the great cabin ; the platform was rigged up on the forecastle, the yard-rope rove, and the signal made for all boats to attend execution"; "If Lucullus were not a waster and a delicate given to belly-cheare."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary