different between delicacy vs graceful

English

Etymology

From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?l?k?si/

Noun

delicacy (countable and uncountable, plural delicacies)

1. The quality of being delicate.
2. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.

3. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
4. Frailty of health or fitness.
5. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
6. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

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Translations

English

Alternative forms

• gracefull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English graceful; equivalent to grace +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???e?sf?l/

Adjective

graceful (comparative more graceful, superlative most graceful)

1. Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

2. (computing) Gradual and non-disruptive.

Antonyms

• graceless
• clumsy

Derived terms

• graceful degradation
• gracefulness

Related terms

• grace

See also

• gracious

Translations

Middle English

Etymology

From grace +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?sful/

Adjective

graceful

1. (rare, Late Middle English) Giving grace; grace-inducing.
2. (rare, Late Middle English) nice, kindly

Descendants

• English: graceful
• Scots: gracefu

References

• “gr?ceful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.