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111elegance — elegance, grace, dignity are comparable only when they denote an impressive beauty of form, appearance, or behavior. Elegance is used in reference to persons chiefly when their grooming, their clothes, and the way they wear them are specifically… …
112food — 1 Food, feed, victuals, viands, provisions, comestibles, provender, fodder, forage are comparable when meaning things that are edible for human beings or animals. Food is the most general of these terms and is typically applicable to all… …
113palatable — palatable, appetizing, savory, sapid, tasty, toothsome, flavorsome, relishing mean agreeable or pleasant to the taste. Palatable is not emphatic in its implication of pleasantness; therefore it seldom suggests deliciousness and often, on the… …
114delicacy — n 1. lightness, fineness, slightness, slen derness, fragility, daintiness; translucency, tenuity, diaphaneity, transparence, etherealness, flimsiness; tenderness, softness. 2. tidbit, appetizer, dainty, bonbon, sweetmeat, luxury. 3. refinement,… …
115niceness — n 1. preciseness, precision, exactitude, mathematical exactitude, exactness; meticulousness, attention to detail, accuracy, criticalness, methodicalness; skill, skillfulness, control, technique; conscientiousness, care, infinite care, carefulness …
116particularity — n 1. individuality, distinctness, sep arateness, difference, definiteness, distinction, originality, uniqueness. 2. carefulness, attention to details, criticalness; fastidiousness, fussiness, finickiness, finicalness, meticu lousness; pickiness,… …
117perfectionism — n fastidiousness, criticalness, over criticalness, hypercriticalness, overdemandingness, de mandingness, exactingness; fussiness, particularity, overparticularness, daintiness, finicalness, finicality, Inf. pernicketiness, meticulousness,… …
118preciosity — n (all of language, style, or taste) overrefinement, excessive refinement, fastidiousness, fin ickiness; preciousness, meticulosity, meticulousness; Sl. cutesiness, daintiness, effeminacy, effeteness; primness, prudishness, prudery, Inf.… …
119dainty — UK [ˈdeɪntɪ] / US adjective Word forms dainty : adjective dainty comparative daintier superlative daintiest 1) small and attractive in a delicate way dainty china cups 2) a dainty movement or action is small and graceful Mary took dainty bites… …
120delicacy — del•i•ca•cy [[t]ˈdɛl ɪ kə si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) fineness of texture, quality, etc.; daintiness: the delicacy of lace[/ex] 2) something delightful or pleasing, esp. a choice food considered with regard to its rarity or costliness 3) the quality… …
