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indelicacy

[ in-del-i-kuh-see ]

noun

plural indelicacies
  1. the quality or condition of being indelicate.
  2. something indelicate, as language or behavior.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of indelicacy1

First recorded in 1705–15; in- 3 + delicacy
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“But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event.”

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I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”

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Almost every interviewer he has faced has tried to lure him into some sort of indelicacy.

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But it would be a shame if the current call for respectful depictions ruled out an approach that can cleave the knot of the subject with splendid indelicacy.

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The lover knew Yolanda would not have wanted him to know about this indelicacy of her body.

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