DELICACY
NOUNS
► CATE a delicacy, a tidbit → 1634 obs.
► DAINTESS a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury → 1825 Sc.
► DAINTITH a dainty, a delicacy → 1718 Sc. obs.
► DENTICE a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury → 1825 Sc.
► GALANCIE delicacy, nicety → 1581 obs.
► JUNKET a dainty sweet, cake, or confection; any choice item of food or drink, a delicacy → 1538 obs.
► MANAVELINS ► MANAVELLINGS odds and ends of food; delicacies → 1894 Amer. dial.
► NESHNESS delicacy, tenderness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUBTILITY delicacy, intricacy → 1601
► SILVER-SPOONISM an assumption of delicacy superior to the majority → 1859
► TASTE a small dainty or delicacy eaten as a relish to plainer food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► DELICIATE to take one’s pleasure; to enjoy oneself; to indulge in delicacies; to feast; to revel; to luxuriate → 1633 obs.
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