Both Uses of
indelicate
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- A shaft of momentary anger flew through Stephen's mind at these indelicate allusions in the hearing of a stranger.†
Chpt 2 *
- He scarcely resented what had seemed to him a silly indelicateness for he knew that the adventure in his mind stood in no danger from these words: and his face mirrored his rival's false smile.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(indelicate) not delicate; i.e., in violation of good taste -- perhaps even verging on the indecent