1. Character Quotes
  2. delicacy vs morbidezza

different between delicacy vs morbidezza

delicacy

English

Etymology

From Middle English delicacie, from Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?l?k?si/

Noun

delicacy (countable and uncountable, plural delicacies)

  1. The quality of being delicate.
  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.

Related terms

Translations

delicacy From the web:

  • what delicacy means
  • what delicacy is made of the flowers
  • what delicacy is this
  • what delicacy are these amazon quiz answers
  • what delicacy are these amazon
  • what delicacy are these ?
  • what delicacy are these what delicacy are these
  • what is meant by delicacy

morbidezza

English

Etymology

From Italian morbidezza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m??(?)b??d?ts?/

Noun

morbidezza (uncountable)

  1. Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.
  2. (art) A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones.

Italian

Etymology

morbido +? -ezza

Noun

morbidezza f (plural morbidezze)

  1. softness, smoothness, tenderness, mellowness

Descendants

  • ? English: morbidezza

Further reading

  • morbidezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

morbidezza From the web:

  • what does morbidezza mean in italian
  • what does morbidezza meaning
  • what is morbidezza in english
  • what does morbidezza mean in music
  • what does con morbidezza meaning
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes