different between epicurism vs delicacy

English

Etymology

epicure +? -ism

Noun

epicurism (countable and uncountable, plural epicurisms)

1. Epicureanism
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 4, chapter IV, Captains of Industry

     Deep-hidden under wretchedest god-forgetting Cants, Epicurisms, Dead-Sea Apisms; forgotten as under foulest fat Lethe mud and weeds, there is yet, in all hearts born into this God’s-World, a spark of the Godlike slumbering.

Romanian

Etymology

From French épicurisme

Noun

epicurism n (uncountable)

1. Epicureanism

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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.

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