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/in del"i keuh see/, n., pl. indelicacies for 2.1. the quality or condition of being indelicate.2. something indelicate, as language or behavior.[1705-15; IN-3 + DELICACY]
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Indelicacy — In*del i*ca*cy, n.; pl. {Indelicacies}. [From {Indelicate}.] The quality of being indelicate; lack of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indelicacy — index impropriety, indecency, obscenity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
indelicacy — [in del′i kə sē] n. 1. the quality of being indelicate 2. pl. indelicacies something indelicate … English World dictionary
indelicacy — indelicate ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking sensitive understanding or tact. 2) slightly indecent. DERIVATIVES indelicacy noun indelicately adverb … English terms dictionary
indelicacy — noun Date: 1712 1. the quality or state of being indelicate 2. something that is indelicate … New Collegiate Dictionary
indelicacy — noun a) The condition of being indelicate b) An indelicate act or statement … Wiktionary
indelicacy — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, bad taste, boorishness, bourgeois taste, camp, campiness, churlishness, coarseness, crudeness, grossness, high camp, immodesty, impoliteness, impropriety, inappropriateness, incivility, indecency,… … Moby Thesaurus
indelicacy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impertinence, immodesty, impropriety; see indecency 2 , rudeness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An improper act or statement: impropriety, indecency, indecorum. See USUAL … English dictionary for students
indelicacy — in·del·i·ca·cy || ɪn delɪkÉ™sɪ n. lack of delicacy; insensitivity; offensiveness, rudeness, tactlessness … English contemporary dictionary
indelicacy — n. 1. Want of delicacy, lack of refined feeling, rudeness, intrusiveness, want of regard for the delicacy of others. 2. Indecorum, unseemliness, impropriety, offensiveness, coarseness, grossness, vulgarity. 3. Immodesty, indecency, lewdness,… … New dictionary of synonyms
