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4 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exquisite \Ex"qui*site\, adjective [L. exquisitus, p. p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See {Quest}.]
1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and exquisite form. --Shak.
I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. --Shak.
2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. --Fuller.
Syn: Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exquisite \Ex"qui*site\, noun One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
exquisite
adjective
1: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" [syn: {keen}]
2: lavishly elegant and refined [syn: {recherche}]
3: of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" [syn: {dainty}]
4: of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
210 Moby Thesaurus words for "exquisite": Beau Brummel, accurate, acute, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, agreeable, ambrosial, appealing, attentive, attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, blood, braw, buck, captivating, charming, chic, classy, close, clothes-conscious, conscientious, consummate, correct, cosmopolitan, coxcomb, critical, dainty, dandy, dapper, dashing, delectable, delicat, delicate, delicious, delightful, demanding, detailed, divine, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dude, elegant, enchanting, endowed with beauty, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, entrancing, errorless, euphemistic, euphuistic, exact, exacting, excruciating, exigent, extreme, eye-filling, fascinating, faultless, fetching, fine, finical, finicking, finicky, finished, flawless, flowerlike, fop, formalistic, fussy, genteel, gilt-edged, glorious, golden, good, good to eat, good-tasting, goody good-good, goody-goody, graceful, gracile, gustable, gusty, handsome, heart-robbing, heavenly, heavy, immaculate, immense, impeccable, intense, intriguing, inviting, irreproachable, irresistible, jaunty, juicy, keen, likable, lounge lizard, lovely, luscious, lush, luxurious, macaroni, magnificent, marvelous, meticulous, mincing, minute, namby-pamby, narrow, natty, neat, nectareous, nectarous, nice, nifty, nobby, of gourmet quality, overnice, overprecise, overrefined, palatable, particular, pedantic, pleasing, poignant, posh, precieuse, precious, precise, precisian, precisianistic, precisionistic, prepossessing, pretty, pulchritudinous, punctilious, punctual, puristic, rare, ravishing, recherche, refined, religious, rigid, rigorous, ritzy, sapid, savorous, savory, scrumptious, scrupulous, scrutinizing, select, sensational, sensuous, sharp, simpering, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, spruce, sterling, strict, style-conscious, subtle, succulent, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superfine, superior, superlative, swank, swanky, swell, taking, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, terrific, thrilling, titillative, toothsome, transcending, tremendous, tricksy, trig, trim, vivid, voluptuous, well-dressed, well-groomed, winning, winsome, witching, wonderful, yummy
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