Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indelicate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indelicate \In*del"i*cate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F.
ind['e]licat.]
Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or
to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or
suggestion; indelicate behavior. --Macaulay. --
{In*del"i*cate*ly}, adv.
Syn: Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad;
impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper;
unchaste; impure; unrefined.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indelicate
adj 1: in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an
indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke" [syn: {off-color},
{off-colour}]
2: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
"indecorous behavior" [syn: {indecorous}] [ant: {decorous}]
3: verging on the indecent; "an indelicate proposition"
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