Delicatus
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| + | The Latin [[delicatus]] (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”) is an adjective for | ||
| - | From Middle English delicat < Latin [[delicatus]] (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”) < delicia, usually in plural deliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”) < delicere (“to allure”) < de (“away”) + lacere (“to allure, entice”). | + | # [[alluring]], [[charming]], [[delightful]]; [[voluptuous]] |
| + | # [[soft]], [[tender]], [[delicate]] | ||
| + | # [[effeminate]], [[spoilt]] with [[indulgence]] | ||
| + | # [[fastidious]], [[scrupulous]] | ||
| + | # [[overly]]-[[luxurious]], [[spoiled]] | ||
| - | ====Related terms==== | + | ==Etymology== |
| - | * [[delicacy]] | + | From Latin ''deliciae'' < ''delicere'' < ''de'' + ''lacere''. |
| - | * [[delicatessen]] | + | ==Related terms== |
| - | * [[delicious]] | + | * [[Delectare]] |
| - | * [[delight]] | + | * [[Delicacy]] |
| - | *[[dilettante]] | + | * [[Delicatessen]] |
| + | * [[Delicious]] | ||
| + | * [[Delight]] | ||
| + | *[[Dilettante]] | ||
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The Latin delicatus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”) is an adjective for
- alluring, charming, delightful; voluptuous
- soft, tender, delicate
- effeminate, spoilt with indulgence
- fastidious, scrupulous
- overly-luxurious, spoiled
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Etymology
From Latin deliciae < delicere < de + lacere.
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Related terms
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