indelicacy

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noun

The condition of being indelicate.

OriginEnglish delicacy ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

nounindelicacy (countable and uncountable, plural indelicacies)

plural indelicacies

  1. uncountableThe condition of being indelicate.
  2. countableAn indelicate act or statement.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishdelicacy
  8. Englishindelicacy

From in- + delicacy.

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APA

indelicacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indelicacy

MLA

“indelicacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indelicacy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indelicacy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indelicacy.

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