Definition of "delicacy"

delicacy

/ˈdɛlɪkəsi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural delicacies
1. The quality of being delicate.
  Quotations
  […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher.
  1878, Samuel Butler, Life and Habit, London: Trübner & Co., page 1
2. Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
3. Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
4. Frailty of health or fitness.
5. Refinement in taste or discrimination.
6. Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.