indelicacy

[ in-del-i-kuh-see ]
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noun,plural in·del·i·ca·cies for 2.
  1. the quality or condition of being indelicate.

  2. something indelicate, as language or behavior.

Origin of indelicacy

1
First recorded in 1705–15; in-3 + delicacy

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