Definition of Delicates

1. Noun. Specifically underwear or lingerie. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of delicate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Delicates

1. delicate [n] - See also: delicate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delicates

deliberativeness
deliberatives
deliberator
deliberators
delible
delibly
delibration
delibrations
delicacies
delicacy
delicata
delicatas
delicate
delicately
delicateness
delicates
delicatessen
delicatessen food
delicatessens
delice
delicense
delices
deliciate
deliciated
deliciates
deliciating
delicious
deliciously
deliciousness
deliciousnesses

Literary usage of Delicates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"... Let all these abuses be counted as nothing, who is he that is not sorry, to sec in so many holidays rich and wealthy persons to flow in delicates, ..."

2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Old English Bible Words by Jonathan Eastwood (1866)
"Delicates, sb. (Jer. 1i . 34). Delicacies, dainties. 'Who is he that is not sorry, to see in so many holidays rich and wealthy persons to flow in delicates, ..."

3. The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, Together with the Lamentations, with Map by Annesley William Streane (1892)
"2i, it is use: of sea-monsters (Eng. Vers. whales). h,:tti made me] hath pushed me aside. delicates] used as a substantive here only in the Bible. ..."

4. The Bible word-book: a glossary of Old English Bible words, by J. Eastwood by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1866)
"Delicates, sb. (Jer. li. 34). Delicacies, dainties. Who is he that is not sorry, to see in so many holidays rich and wealthy ..."

5. Beaumont and Fletcher: Or, The Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1862)
"Kll me this day with some rare delicates, And I will every year most constantly, As this day, celebrate a sumptuous feast And to it shall be bidden, ..."

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