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Webster 1828 Edition


Indelicate

INDEL'ICATE

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Adj.
Wanting delicacy; indecent; but it expresses less than indecent; as an indelicate word or expression; indelicate behavior; indelicate customs.
1.
Offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind.

Definition 2024


indelicate

indelicate

See also: indélicate

English

Adjective

indelicate (comparative more indelicate, superlative most indelicate)

  1. Improper or immodest.
  2. Coarse or tasteless.
  3. Tactless or undiplomatic.

Italian

Adjective

indelicate

  1. feminine plural of indelicato

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