exquisite.
Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
Meaning & usage
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
Where this word comes from
From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”).
Fop, dandy.
Where this word comes from
From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”).
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