Etymology

From delicat +‎ -esa, from Latin delicatus ‎(“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”), from delicia, usually in plural deliciae ‎(“pleasure, delight, luxury”), from delicere ‎(“to allure”), from de ‎(“away”) + lacere ‎(“to allure, entice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.ɫi.kə.ˈðɛ.zə/