English Explanatory Dictionary

exquisite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
  2. Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  3. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
  4. Of special beauty or rare excellence.
  5. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
  6. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
noun
  1. Fop, dandy.

Pronunciation

en-us-exquisite.ogg /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/

Word forms

exquisite more exquisite most exquisite exquisites

Etymology

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

Synonyms

beautiful delicate discriminating perfect macaroni popinjay barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dandy dike dood dude dudelet exquisite fashionable fast man fine gentleman fop foretop fribble gallant go jack-a-dandy Jemmy-Jessamy jetter masher metrosexual mignon petit maître pretty boy prig puss-gentleman smart spark spiff swell tippy toff

Derived words

exquisite corpse exquisitely exquisiteness overexquisite superexquisite
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