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Definition of Indelicacy
1. Noun. The trait of being indelicate and offensive.
Specialized synonyms: Gaminess, Raciness, Ribaldry, Spiciness
2. Noun. An impolite act or expression.
Definition of Indelicacy
1. n. The quality of being indelicate; want 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.
Definition of Indelicacy
1. Noun. The condition of being indelicate ¹
2. Noun. An indelicate act or statement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indelicacy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Indelicacy
Literary usage of Indelicacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Humour: With an Introduction Upon Ancient Humour by Alfred Guy L'Estrange (1878)
"Sterne — His Versatility — Dramatic Form — indelicacy — Sentiment and Geniality
... TERNE exceeded Smollett* in indelicacy as much as in humorous talent. ..."
2. The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh: Three by James Mackintosh (1848)
"... indelicacy, and at the same lime ascribe to them, in the restoration of the
Icon, a singular instance of somewhat wanton generosity. hand in the ..."
3. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1827)
"The degree of abasement is of course proportioned to the extent of the indelicacy
suffered. Experience fully supports this doctrine. ..."
4. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"In assuming a guardianship of our character in Europe, he committed, to say the
least, a marked indelicacy; and his avowed resort to the press as the medium ..."
5. The British World in the East: A Guide Historical, Moral, and Commercial, to by Leitch Ritchie (1846)
"Much has been written of the indelicacy of the Hindoo ladies, who in conversation
are said to have pronounced and listened to words which would shock the ..."
6. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"... but more than indelicacy" It is indecent for a man to marry again very soon
after the death of his wife. It is indelicate for any one to obtrude himself ..."
7. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"... they were too often stained by profanity and indelicacy. The Voltairean spirit
was widely diffused; and there are many anecdotes in the original letters ..."
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