Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-DEL'I-CA-CY
IN-DEL'I-CA-CY, n. [in and delicacy.]
- Want of delicacy; want of decency in language or behavior, regarding what nature and manners require to be concealed. Addison.
- Want of a nice sense of propriety, or nice regard to refinement in manners or in the treatment of others; rudeness; coarseness of manners or language; that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.
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