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exquisite.

Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. 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.
  2. Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.

    obsolete
  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
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Fop, dandy.

    rare
Where this word comes from

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

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