DELICACY

n. 1 fineness, exquisiteness, gracefulness, beauty, lightness, daintiness Notice the delicacy of the tracery in the rose window 2 fragility, fragileness, frailty, frailness, weakness, infirmity, feebleness, tenderness; susceptibility Because of the delicacy of his constitution, even a cold might be fatal 3 sensitivity, difficulty, ticklishness, finesse, nicety, sensibility The delicacy of the situation demands the utmost diplomacy 4 luxury, sweetmeat, dainty, titbit or US tidbit, savoury The table was laden with delicacies from all over the world