Exquisite

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/

Origin

From Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō ("seek out").

Full definition of exquisite

Adjective

1. Especially 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.
• 1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 1/2, Selwyn …, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around...to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure...and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
2. (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
3. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
4. Of special beauty or rare excellence.
5. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.exquisite pain or pleasure
6. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment
• Fullerhis books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite

Synonyms

• beautiful, delicate, discriminating

Noun

1. (rare) Fop, dandy. from early 20th c.
• 1925, P._G._Wodehouse, , Random House, London:2007, p. 42.So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.
• 'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite.