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Webster 1913 Edition

Indelicacy

In-del′i-ca-cy

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Noun.
;
pl.
Indelicacies
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[From
Indelicate
.]
The quality of being indelicate; lack of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.
The
indelicacy
of English comedy.
Blair.
Your papers would be chargeable with worse than
indelicacy
; they would be immoral.
Addison.
Syn. – Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indelicacy

INDEL'ICACY

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Noun.
[in and delicacy.] Want of delicacy; want of decency in language or behavior, regarding what nature and manners
require to be concealed.
1.
Want of a nice sense of propriety, or nice regard to refinement in manners or in the treatment of others; rudeness; coarseness of manners or language; that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.

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