delicacies
pronunciation
How to pronounce delicacies in British English:
UK ['delɪkəsɪz]
How to pronounce delicacies in American English:
US ['delɪkəsɪz]
Word Origin
- delicacies (n.)
- "things dainty and gratifying to the palate," mid-15c., from plural of delicacy.
Example
- 1. Guests dined on shark fin soup and other chinese delicacies .
- 2. This metaphor has taught me that it is self that can both discover delicacies and damage delicacies .
- 3. To accompany the traditional holiday delicacies prepared to mark the end of lent .
- 4. But it has surged back since as rising incomes allow more consumers to indulge in foods that were once considered delicacies for the very rich .
- 5. Restaurants were doing brisk business in shark-fin soup and other delicacies . Hotels were overbooked .