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delicate
adjective▶ in a delicate state of health; in a delicate condition
pregnant UK, 1850
Now rare, but still understood.- In 1835, when Marie Taglioni found herself pregnant [...], the ballerina superstar was obliged to fake a knee injury to explain her disappearance from the stage. For years afterwards, un mal au genou was the euphemism used by dancers in the same delicate condition. — Judith Mackrell, The Guardian, 12 December 2001
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