Word Meanings - OVERDELICATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Too delicate.
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- DELICATE
soft and tender; akin to deliciae delight: cf. F. délicat. See 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 - DELICATELY
In a delicate manner. - DELICATESSEN
Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. "A dealer in delicatessen". G. H. Putnam. - DELICATENESS
The quality of being delicate. - INDELICATE
Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior. Macaulay. -- In*del"i*cate*ly, adv. Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; - OVERDELICATE
Too delicate.