1. delicate, dainty , (Euripides), etc.:—; τὸ τρυφερόν effeminacy , ἐς τὸ τρυφερώτερον to more effeminate habits , (Thucydides):—;neuter as adverb, τρυφερόν voluptuously , (Aristophanes Comicus); τρ. λαλεῖν to speak softly , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)