Definitions
1.AdjectiveEasily damaged or requiring careful handling."Those clothes are made from delicate lace.; The negotiations were very delicate."
2.AdjectiveCharacterized by a fine structure or thin lines."Her face was delicate.; The spider wove a delicate web.; There was a delicate pattern of frost on the window."
3.AdjectiveIntended for use with fragile items."Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle."
4.AdjectiveRefined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings."delicate behaviour; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness"
5.AdjectiveOf weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship."a delicate child; delicate health"
6.AdjectiveUnwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol."Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning."
7.AdjectiveAddicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
8.AdjectivePleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste."a delicate dish; delicate flavour"
9.AdjectiveSlight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
10.AdjectiveLight, or softly tinted; said of a colour."a delicate shade of blue"
11.AdjectiveOf exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
12.AdjectiveHighly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite."a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music"
13.AdjectiveAffected by slight causes; showing slight changes."a delicate thermometer"
14.NounA delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie."Don't put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!"
15.NounA choice dainty; a delicacy.
16.NounA delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
17.NounA moth of the species Mythimna vitellina.