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Is delicate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word delicate is a Scrabble US word. The word delicate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is delicate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word delicate is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is delicate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word delicate is a Words With Friends word. The word delicate is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DELICATE,

7-letter words (5 found)

CITADEL,CLEATED,DELTAIC,DIALECT,EDICTAL,

6-letter words (17 found)

AEDILE,ATELIC,CEILED,CIELED,DACITE,DECEIT,DECILE,DELATE,DELICE,DELICT,DELTIC,DETAIL,DILATE,ELATED,IDEATE,TAILED,TALCED,

5-letter words (45 found)

ACTED,AILED,ALCID,CADEE,CADET,CADIE,CALID,CITAL,CITED,CLADE,CLEAT,CLIED,DEALT,DECAL,DEICE,DELTA,DIACT,DICTA,DITAL,EALED,ECLAT,EDICT,EDILE,ELATE,ELECT,ELIAD,ELIDE,ELITE,ICTAL,IDEAL,ILEAC,LACED,LACET,LATED,LITED,TEADE,TEAED,TELAE,TELIA,TELIC,TICAL,TICED,TIDAL,TILDE,TILED,

4-letter words (84 found)

ACED,ACID,ADIT,AIDE,ALEC,ALEE,ALIT,CADE,CADI,CAID,CATE,CEDE,CEDI,CEIL,CELT,CETE,CIDE,CIEL,CITE,CLAD,CLAT,CLIT,DACE,DALE,DALI,DALT,DATE,DEAL,DEET,DEIL,DELE,DELI,DELT,DIAL,DICE,DICT,DIEL,DIET,DITA,DITE,EALE,ECAD,EDIT,EIDE,EILD,ETIC,ICED,IDEA,IDEE,IDLE,ILEA,LACE,LADE,LAIC,LAID,LATE,LATI,LEAD,LEAT,LEDE,LEED,LEET,LICE,LIED,LITE,TACE,TAED,TAEL,TAIL,TALC,TALE,TALI,TEAD,TEAL,TEED,TEEL,TEIL,TELA,TELD,TELE,TICE,TIDE,TIED,TILE,

3-letter words (53 found)

ACE,ACT,AID,AIL,AIT,ALE,ALT,ATE,CAD,CAL,CAT,CEE,CEL,CID,CIT,DAE,DAL,DEE,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,EAT,EEL,ELD,ELT,ETA,ICE,IDE,ITA,LAC,LAD,LAT,LEA,LED,LEE,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TEA,TEC,TED,TEE,TEL,TIC,TID,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (20 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EE,EL,ET,ID,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 226 words from delicate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delicate

delicate

Etymology

From Middle English delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”), from dēlicia, usually in plural dēliciae (“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from dēliciō (“I allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“I lure, I deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare delight, delicious and Spanish delgado (“thin, skinny”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɪkət/

Adjective

delicate (comparative more delicate, superlative most delicate)

  1. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
  2. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
  3. Intended for use with fragile items.
  4. Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
  5. Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
  6. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
    Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
  7. (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
    • circa 1660, John Evelyn (author), William Bray (editor), The Diary of John Evelyn, volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, page 29:
      Haerlem is a very delicate town and hath one of the fairest churches of the Gothic design I had ever seen.
  8. Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
  9. Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
  10. Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
  11. Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
  12. Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
  13. Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

Synonyms

  • (easily damaged): fragile

Derived terms

  • indelicate

Related terms

  • delicacy
  • delicately
  • delicatessen
  • delicious
  • delight

Translations

Noun

delicate (plural delicates)

  1. A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
  2. (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
  3. (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.
  4. A moth, Mythimna vitellina

Further reading

  • “delicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “delicate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.liˈka.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: de‧li‧cà‧te

Adjective

delicate f pl

  1. feminine plural of delicato

Anagrams

  • dateceli

Latin

Adjective

dēlicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēlicātus

References

  • “delicate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “delicate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • delicate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deliˈkate/

Adjective

delicate

  1. feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of delicat

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