ˈover-ˈdelicacy [over- 29 c.] Too great delicacy. 1751Smollett Per.Pic. (1779) IV. xcv. 162 An over-delicacy in this respect..I shall look upon as a disapprobation of my own conduct.1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 42 A fantastic air, and an over-delicacy of expression.