exquisite

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ / /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/

Etymology: From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”).

Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
“They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.”
“Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.”
Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
Of special beauty or rare excellence.
Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
“exquisite pain or pleasure”
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
“exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment”
“his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite”

Etymology: From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”).

Fop, dandy.
“It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot.”
“When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.”