of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry.
extraordinarily fine or admirable; consummate: exquisite weather.
intense; acute, or keen, as pleasure or pain.
of rare excellence of production or execution, as works of art or workmanship: the exquisite statues of the Renaissance.
keenly or delicately sensitive or responsive: an exquisite ear for music; an exquisite sensibility.
of particular refinement or elegance, as taste, manners, etc., or persons.
carefully sought out, chosen, ascertained, devised, etc.
noun
Archaic. a person, especially a man, who is excessively concerned about clothes, grooming, etc.; dandy; coxcomb.
Origin of exquisite
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin exquīsītus meticulous, chosen with care, originally past participle of exquīrere to ask about, examine, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -quīrere , combining form of quaerere to seek
SYNONYMS FOR exquisite
1 dainty, beautiful, elegant, rare.
2 perfect, matchless.
3 poignant.
4 select, choice, precious.
6 discriminating.
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ANTONYMS FOR exquisite
1 gross.
2 ordinary.
3 dull.
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synonym study for exquisite
1. See delicate. 2. See fine1
pronunciation note for exquisite
The pronunciation of exquisite has undergone a rapid change from [ek-skwi-zit] /ˈɛk skwɪ zɪt/ to [ik-skwiz-it], /ɪkˈskwɪz ɪt/, with stress shifting to the second syllable. The newer pronunciation is still criticized by some, but is now more common in both the U.S. and England, and many younger educated speakers are not even aware of the older one. See harass.
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British Dictionary definitions for exquisite
exquisite
/ (ɪkˈskwɪzɪt, ˈɛkskwɪzɪt) /
adjective
possessing qualities of unusual delicacy and fine craftsmanshipjewels in an exquisite setting
extremely beautiful and pleasingan exquisite face
outstanding or excellentan exquisite victory
sensitive; discriminatingexquisite taste
fastidious and refined
intense or sharp in feelingexquisite pleasure; exquisite pain
noun
obsoletea dandy
Derived forms of exquisite
exquisitely, adverbexquisiteness, noun
Word Origin for exquisite
C15: from Latin exquīsītus excellent, from exquīrere to search out, from quaerere to seek