Sekirov Dictionary

exquisite

/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/

adjective 6
noun 1
forms 3

adjective6

•
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.
Of special beauty or rare excellence.
Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
•
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
- his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite — 1655
Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
(no longer used) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.

noun1

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(rare) 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

forms

exquisites · more exquisite · most exquisite

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