indelicacy
[in-del-i-kuh-see]
noun, plural in·del·i·ca·cies for 2.
the quality or condition of being indelicate.
something indelicate, as language or behavior.
Origin of indelicacy
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Related Words for indelicacy
goof, indecency, blunder, incorrectness, vulgarity, solecism, incongruity, vulgarism, slip, rudeness, gaffe, barbarism, indecorum, impudence, gaucherie, immodesty, ineleganceExamples from the Web for indelicacy
Historical Examples of indelicacy
As the dance went on he grew furious with her lack of reserve, her indelicacy.
They of the High TrailsHamlin Garland
There was an indelicacy about the General's speech, to her manner of thinking.
Mary GrayKatharine Tynan
But they do not say anything about the immorality and the indelicacy and the indecency of doing them.
Expositions of Holy ScriptureAlexander Maclaren
She noticed the indelicacy of this, since he spoke in the house of his employer.
The ReadjustmentWill Irwin
I am sure that a square muffin would be considered an indelicacy.
The Belovd VagabondWilliam J. Locke