'Indelicacy' definitions:

Definition of 'indelicacy'

From: WordNet
noun
The trait of being indelicate and offensive
noun
An impolite act or expression

Definition of 'Indelicacy'

From: GCIDE
  • Indelicacy \In*del"i*ca*cy\, n.; pl. Indelicacies. [From Indelicate.] The quality of being indelicate; lack of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind. [1913 Webster]
  • The indelicacy of English comedy. --Blair. [1913 Webster]
  • Your papers would be chargeable with worse than indelicacy; they would be immoral. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

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