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delicatesse

delicatesse noun: synonym of delicacy.

Noun

delicatesse (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of delicacy.
    • To this Syſtem of Religion were tagged ſeveral ſubaltern Doctrines, which were entertained with great Vogue: as particularly, the Faculties of the Mind were deduced by the Learned among them in this manner: Embroidery, was Sheer Wit; Gold Fringe was agreeable Converſation, Gold Lace was Repartee, a...1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section II”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, pages 61–62
    • All to project my witch of delicatesse, —
      Sweet sylph shape of star-eyed prettiness,
      And beauty-teeming brain!1871 February, William Douglas O’Connor, “To Fanny”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2026, page 162
    Synonyms:
    delicacy

Synonyms of delicatesse

Origin of delicatesse

Apparently from Middle French delicatesse, from delicat (“delicate”) + -esse (“quality”), probably after Italian delicatezza. By surface analysis, delicate + -esse.

Questions about delicatesse

What does delicatesse mean?
Delicatesse means synonym of delicacy.
What part of speech is delicatesse?
Delicatesse is a noun.

Words near delicatesse in the dictionary

  1. delicated
  2. delicately
  3. delicateness
  4. delicater
  5. delicates
  6. delicatesse
  7. delicatessen
  8. delicatessens
  9. delicatest
  10. delice
  11. deliced

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