exquisite

[Ex·qui*site]

One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

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Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

Adjective S.
of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face"

Adjective S.
of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"

Adjective S.
lavishly elegant and refined

Adjective S.
intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"


a.
Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

a.
Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.

a.
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.

n.
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.


Exquisite

Ex"qui*site , a. [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.
I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough.
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.
Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.

Exquisite

Ex"qui*site, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

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Usage Examples

I have experienced some amazing food! Yet when I think about the most luxurious and exquisite meals I have had, visions of simple food made from a few natural ingredients are what most excite me.

An artist is an artist only because of his exquisite sense of beauty, a sense which shows him intoxicating pleasures, but which at the same time implies and contains an equally exquisite sense of all deformities and all disproportion.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.

The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

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Other Usage Examples

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.

The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.

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