delicatessen.

Brit.

/ˌdɛlᵻkəˈtɛs/, U.S.

/ˌdɛlᵻkəˈtɛs/

Forms: 1500s delicates, 1600s– delicatesse.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French délicatesse.

Etymology: Apparently < French délicatesse quality of being delicate (although this is first attested later: 1548), scrupulousness (1663) < délicat delicate adj. + -esse -ess suffix², probably after Italian delicatezza (c1300). Compare earlier delicacy n., and later delicateness n.Compare Spanish delicadeza (15th cent.), Portuguese delicadeza (early 16th cent.), and also ( < French or Italian) German Delikatesse, †Delicatesse (early 17th cent. in the sense ‘quality of being delicate’, second half of the 17th cent. in the sense ‘exquisite item of food’). In the specific sense ‘exquisite item of food’, which is apparently not paralleled in French, after delicate adj. 1b.

The quality of being delicate (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: that which is delicate; a delicate thing, a delicacy.It is possible that quots. 1509 and 1540 may instead show the plural of delicate n., but in quot. 1509 the context and the French model make an abstract noun more likely, and in quot. 1540 the context seems to demand a singular.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]

curiosityc1386

delicacya1393

curiousnessc1440

delicatesse1509

delicateness?1529

daintethness1548

exquisiteness?c1550

over-curiousness1573

featness1577

daintiness1579

dainty1590

finicality1594

niceness1604

squeamishness1654

fastidiousness1661

choicenessa1665

overnicety1664

finicalness1675

hypercriticism1678

overniceness1694

nicety1723

over-delicacy1745

daintihood1780

finickiness1833

finicism1844

over-criticism1859

overfineness1859

particularness1859

faddiness1865

finicking1869

picksomeness1881

pernicketiness1890

perfectionism1937

choosiness1945

pickiness1952

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) Prolude sig. A.iii^v We replenysshe our bodyes vnmesurably with lecherye and delycates [Fr. de lescherie & friandise], sobrenes is not founde in vs.

1540 T. Cranmer Prol. or Pref. in Bible (Great) sig. ✠iij Suche as..repute for there chyefe delicates the disputacion of hygh questiones.

1672 tr. R. Rapin Refl. upon Eloquence of Times 103 It is not alone sufficient to make a true picture [of the heart of man], though we had so much power of penetration, as to know its impostures, deceits, dissimulations, weaknesses,..its delicatesses which surmount interest [Fr. ses delicatesses sur son interest], its pride, [etc.].

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 62 All which required abundance of Finesse and Delicatesse to manage with Advantage.

1769 A. Mackrabie Let. 12 Dec. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 109 You may really go from house to house for a month, living upon Delicatesses, and drinking Claret.

1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxvii. 186 Let delicatesse Weave his thin cuticle, and mesh him in.

2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 July 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.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	delicatesse
释义	delicatessen. Brit. /ˌdɛlᵻkəˈtɛs/, U.S. /ˌdɛlᵻkəˈtɛs/ Forms: 1500s delicates, 1600s– delicatesse. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French délicatesse. Etymology: Apparently < French délicatesse quality of being delicate (although this is first attested later: 1548), scrupulousness (1663) < délicat delicate adj. + -esse -ess suffix², probably after Italian delicatezza (c1300). Compare earlier delicacy n., and later delicateness n.Compare Spanish delicadeza (15th cent.), Portuguese delicadeza (early 16th cent.), and also ( < French or Italian) German Delikatesse, †Delicatesse (early 17th cent. in the sense ‘quality of being delicate’, second half of the 17th cent. in the sense ‘exquisite item of food’). In the specific sense ‘exquisite item of food’, which is apparently not paralleled in French, after delicate adj. 1b. The quality of being delicate (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: that which is delicate; a delicate thing, a delicacy.It is possible that quots. 1509 and 1540 may instead show the plural of delicate n., but in quot. 1509 the context and the French model make an abstract noun more likely, and in quot. 1540 the context seems to demand a singular. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] curiosityc1386 delicacya1393 curiousnessc1440 delicatesse1509 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 exquisiteness?c1550 over-curiousness1573 featness1577 daintiness1579 dainty1590 finicality1594 niceness1604 squeamishness1654 fastidiousness1661 choicenessa1665 overnicety1664 finicalness1675 hypercriticism1678 overniceness1694 nicety1723 over-delicacy1745 daintihood1780 finickiness1833 finicism1844 over-criticism1859 overfineness1859 particularness1859 faddiness1865 finicking1869 picksomeness1881 pernicketiness1890 perfectionism1937 choosiness1945 pickiness1952 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) Prolude sig. A.iii^v We replenysshe our bodyes vnmesurably with lecherye and delycates [Fr. de lescherie & friandise], sobrenes is not founde in vs. 1540 T. Cranmer Prol. or Pref. in Bible (Great) sig. ✠iij Suche as..repute for there chyefe delicates the disputacion of hygh questiones. 1672 tr. R. Rapin Refl. upon Eloquence of Times 103 It is not alone sufficient to make a true picture [of the heart of man], though we had so much power of penetration, as to know its impostures, deceits, dissimulations, weaknesses,..its delicatesses which surmount interest [Fr. ses delicatesses sur son interest], its pride, [etc.]. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 62 All which required abundance of Finesse and Delicatesse to manage with Advantage. 1769 A. Mackrabie Let. 12 Dec. in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 109 You may really go from house to house for a month, living upon Delicatesses, and drinking Claret. 1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxvii. 186 Let delicatesse Weave his thin cuticle, and mesh him in. 2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 July 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.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1509
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