exquisite
UK/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/
exquisite adjective: especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
Adjective
exquisite (comparative more exquisite, superlative most exquisite)
- 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
- his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
Noun
exquisite (plural exquisites)
- Fop, dandy.
- It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot.1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87, page 93
- When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287
- Synonyms:
- macaroni, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy
exquisite meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
exquisite in Tamil
- கட்டாணி, லாவண்யம், வடிவன்
exquisite in Bengali
- exquisite; refined; superb
- প্রকৃষ্ট prôkriṣṭô
exquisite in Malayalam
- മനോഹരമായ, അതിശയകരമായ, തീവ്രമായ
exquisite in Kannada
- ಅಂದವಾದ, ಚುರುಕಾದ, ಕೂರರಿವು ಕೊಡುವ, ಚಂದೊಳ್ಳೆ, ಚಂದುಳ್ಳಿ, ಚೆಂದುಳ್ಳಿ
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- exquisite in Persian
- فوقالعاده fowq-ol'âde
Examples of exquisite in a sentence
- For us the bee gathers, from the leaves of flowers, that exquisite honey destined for our use.1800, Christoph Christian Sturm, Reflections for Every Day in the Year on the Works of God, and of His Providence Throughout all Nature, D....
- They all come to appreciate the exquisite pottery made in the town, for Yingko is the ceramics capital of Taiwan.1983 February 5, “Yingko -- Taiwan's ceramics capital”, in Arab News, volume VIII, number 69, Saudi Arabia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 4:
- From Area B I'd usually [...] do the whole thing in reverse, until I'd qualified for the reward of a bacon sandwich and a cup of exquisite milky coffee at a transport café in Bartley Green Village.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 51:
Synonyms of exquisite
- macaroni
- popinjay
- carpet knight
- dandy
- dood
- fashionable
- fast man
- fine gentleman
- fop
- fribble
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Forms of exquisite
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more exquisite |
| superlative | most exquisite |
| Noun | |
| plural | exquisites |
Origin of exquisite
From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”).
Words formed from exquisite
Phrases with exquisite
Questions about exquisite
- What does exquisite mean?
- Exquisite means especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
- What is exquisite in Tamil?
- Exquisite in Tamil is கட்டாணி, லாவண்யம், வடிவன். See Exquisite meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use exquisite in a sentence?
- For us the bee gathers, from the leaves of flowers, that exquisite honey destined for our use.
- What part of speech is exquisite?
- Exquisite can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce exquisite?
- Exquisite is pronounced /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ (UK).
Words near exquisite in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exquisite (page history and authors); exquisite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রকৃষ্ট (Bengali) (page history and authors); exquisite (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exquisite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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