delicatesse
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To this Syſtem of Religion were tagged ſeveral ſubaltern Doctrines, which were entertained with great Vogue: as particularly, the Faculties of the Mind were deduced by the Learned among them in this manner: Embroidery, was Sheer Wit; Gold Fringe was agreeable Converſation, Gold Lace was Repartee, a huge long Periwig was Humor, and a Coat full of Powder was very good Raillery: All which required abundance of Fineſſe and Delicateſſe to manage with Advantage, as well as a ſtrict Obſervance after Times and Faſhions."
- "All to project my witch of delicatesse, — Sweet sylph shape of star-eyed prettiness, And beauty-teeming brain!"
- "In the catalogue [Murray] Garde relates a story about [John] Mawurndjul’s father, [Anchor] Kulunba. “We don’t reject balanda when they come,” the old man told his son, “otherwise they will return to their place with a feeling of shame.” This is an amazing piece of delicatesse: “We don't want the white people to go home feeling ashamed of their ignorance or their awkwardness.”"
Etymology
Apparently from Middle French delicatesse, from delicat (“delicate”) + -esse (“quality”), probably after Italian delicatezza. By surface analysis, delicate + -esse.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: delicatesse, delicatezza