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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: delicate - delirious</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="delicate"> delicate, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. pleasing to the senses; light, mild, or soft. Ex. delicate foods, delicate colors. Roses have a delicate fragrance. A baby's skin is delicate. (SYN) tender, subdued. <DD> 2. of fine weave, quality, or make; thin, easily torn. Ex. A spider's web is delicate. <DD> 3. requiring care, skill, or tact. Ex. a delicate situation, a delicate question. (SYN) ticklish. <DD> 4. easily damaged; fragile. Ex. delicate china, delicate flowers. <DD> 5. very quickly responding to slight changes of condition; finely sensitive. Ex. delicate instruments, a delicate sense of touch. <DD> 6. easily hurt or made ill. Ex. a weak and delicate child. (SYN) frail, weakly. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) hard to appreciate; subtle. Ex. a delicate point in reasoning. <DD> 8. (Figurative.) careful of the feelings of others; considerate. (SYN) tactful. <DD> 9. avoiding anything that is offensive or immodest; fastidious. <DD> 10. (Obsolete.) self-indulgent; loving ease or luxury. <DD>noun 1. (Archaic.) a delicacy. Ex. These delicates he heap'd with glowing hand (Keats). <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) a luxury. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) a person who loves luxury. adv. delicately. noun delicateness. </DL> <A NAME="delicatessen"> delicatessen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (sing. in use.) a store that sells prepared foods, such as cooked meats, smoked fish, cheese, salads, pickles, and sandwiches. Ex. The delicatessen closes at nine o'clock. <DD> 2. (pl. in use.) the foods sold at such a store. Ex. Delicatessen usually require little preparation for serving. </DL> <A NAME="delicious"> delicious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. very pleasing to taste or smell. Ex. delicious fruit, a delicious cake. <DD> 2. very pleasing; delightful. Ex. a delicious color combination. adv. deliciously. noun deliciousness. </DL> <A NAME="delicious"> Delicious, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of red or yellow apple with a fine flavor. </DL> <A NAME="delict"> delict, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a misdemeanor; transgression; offense. </DL> <A NAME="deligate"> deligate transitive verb, -gated, -gating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to tie off; apply a ligature to. </DL> <A NAME="delight"> delight, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. great pleasure; joy. Ex. The little girl took great delight in her dolls. Teach us Delight in simple things, And Mirth that has no bitter springs (Rudyard Kipling). (SYN) ecstasy, rapture. <DD> 2. a thing that gives great pleasure. Ex. Dancing is her delight. <DD> 3. delightfulness. Ex. Sweets grown common lose their dear delight (Shakespeare). <DD>v.t. to please greatly. Ex. The circus delighted the children. The little girl was delighted with her birthday presents. Who can predict what will delight the public next week? (SYN) gladden. <DD>v.i. 1. to have great pleasure. Ex. Children delight in surprises. <DD> 2. to give great pleasure. Ex. The old actress had delighted for years. noun delighter. </DL> <A NAME="delighted"> delighted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. greatly pleased; very glad; joyful. Ex. I am delighted to be home again. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) delightful. adv. delightedly. noun delightedness. </DL> <A NAME="delightful"> delightful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very pleasing; giving joy. Ex. a delightful visit from an old friend, a delightful person. (SYN) enjoyable, pleasurable. adv. delightfully. noun delightfulness. </DL> <A NAME="delightless"> delightless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or giving no delight; cheerless. </DL> <A NAME="delightsome"> delightsome, adjective. =delightful.adv. delightsomely. noun delightsomeness. </DL> <A NAME="delilah"> Delilah, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a woman who betrayed Samson, her lover, to the Philistines (in the Bible, Judges 16). <DD> 2. a false, treacherous woman; temptress. </DL> <A NAME="delime"> delime, transitive verb, -limed, -liming,<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove lime from, as skins. </DL> <A NAME="delimit"> delimit, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to fix limits of; mark the boundaries of; define. Ex. The border between Sikkim and Tibet has been formally delimited (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="delimitate"> delimitate, transitive verb, -tated, -tating. =delimit.</DL> <A NAME="delimitation"> delimitation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a delimiting or being delimited. <DD> 2. the determination of a limit or boundary. Ex. Recent developments in aeronautics have set statesmen and international lawyers new problems in frontier delimitation (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="delimitative"> delimitative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the function of delimitation. </DL> <A NAME="delineate"> delineate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to trace the outline of. Ex. The map delineated clearly the boundary between Mexico and Texas. <DD> 2. to draw; sketch. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to describe in words; portray. Ex. He delineated his plan in a thorough report. (SYN) depict, picture. </DL> <A NAME="delineation"> delineation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of delineating. <DD> 2. the thing delineated; diagram, sketch, portrait, or description. Ex. (Figurative.) The author's character delineations are forceful and realistic. </DL> <A NAME="delineative"> delineative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> serving to delineate or depict. </DL> <A NAME="delineator"> delineator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that delineates. <DD> 2. a tailors' pattern that can be adjusted for cutting garments of different sizes. </DL> <A NAME="delinquency"> delinquency, noun, pl. -cies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. failure in a duty; neglect of an obligation. (SYN) guilt. <DD> 2a. failure to meet payments when due. Ex. Many an American has pushed his credit close to the limit, so that any drop in income might bring a flood of delinquencies and repossessions (Wall Street Journal). <DD> b. overdue bills, taxes, or notes. <DD> 3. the condition or habit of behaving unlawfully. Ex. We can curb juvenile delinquency by education. <DD> 4. a fault; offense; misdeed; shortcoming. </DL> <A NAME="delinquent"> delinquent, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. failing in a duty; neglecting an obligation. Ex. He was delinquent in paying his overdue taxes. <DD> 2. guilty of a fault or an offense. Ex. The delinquent boys had been breaking windows in the neighborhood. <DD> 3. due and unpaid; overdue. Ex. The owner lost his house when it was sold for delinquent taxes. <DD> 4. having to do with delinquents. <DD>noun a delinquent person; offender; criminal. Ex. He had been a delinquent since early childhood. adv. delinquently. </DL> <A NAME="delint"> delint, transitive verb,<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove the fiber, or lint, from cotton or similar seeds. </DL> <A NAME="delinter"> delinter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of cotton gin for removing the short fibers, or lint, that remain on the cotton seed after the first ginning; linter. </DL> <A NAME="deliquesce"> deliquesce, intransitive verb, -quesced, -quescing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Chemistry.) to melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air. Ex. Certain salts, such as calcium chloride and zinc chloride, deliquesce readily. (SYN) liquefy, dissolve. <DD> 2. (Botany.) <DD> a. to divide into small branches or veins. <DD> b. to melt away. Ex. Certain parts of some fungi deliquesce in the process of growth. (Figurative.) His articles ... too often deliquesce into a maudlin fine writing (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="deliquescence"> deliquescence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of deliquescing or melting away. <DD> 2. the liquid or solution produced when something deliquesces. </DL> <A NAME="deliquescent"> deliquescent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air. Ex. deliquescent crystals. <DD> 2. (Botany.) branching in such a way that the main stem or axis is lost in the branches. Ex. Trees like the elm, cottonwood, oak, hickory, and many others are deliquescent. </DL> <A NAME="deliquium"> deliquium (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a failure of vital force; mental failing or weakness. <DD> 2. a fainting caused by cerebral anemia; syncope. </DL> <A NAME="deliquium"> deliquium (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) deliquescence. </DL> <A NAME="deliration"> deliration, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> mental disorder; delirium; madness. Ex. in this universal dotage and deliration (Thomas Carlyle). </DL> <A NAME="deliriant"> deliriant, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. causing delirium. Ex. a deliriant drug. <DD>noun a deliriant agent or drug. Ex. Hashish is a deliriant. </DL> <A NAME="delirifacient"> delirifacient, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. causing or producing delirium. <DD>noun a substance that produces delirium. </DL> <A NAME="delirious"> delirious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. out of one's senses for a short time; wandering in mind; raving; lightheaded. Ex. The patient's high fever made him delirious. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) wildly excited. Ex. The students were delirious with joy when their team won the tournament. <DD> 3. caused by or characteristic of delirium. Ex. delirious ravings. adv. deliriously. noun deliriousness. </DL> <A HREF="delirium.dic">NEXT</A>