Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being delicate; tenderness; softness; effeminacy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being delicate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the characteristic of being delicate; fragility

Etymologies

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delicate +‎ -ness

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