The risks from tainting or spoiling are particularly great in the case of milk, partly on account of the dusty and otherwise uncleanly barns and sheds in which it is often handled and kept, and from which it is loaded with a heavy crop of bacteria at the very start; and partly because the same Delicateness which makes it so easily digestible for babies, makes it equally easy for germs and bacteria to grow in it and spoil, or sour, it.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
Along the sides, the intricate carving was beautiful in its lacy Delicateness.
"The Lost Door"
Dorothy Quick
The benefit of sunshine to leaves and plants can be developed by discussing with the pupils the paleness and Delicateness of plants that have been kept in a dark place, such as in a dark cellar.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study"
Ontario Ministry of Education