Definition of EXQUISITE

exquisite

Plural: exquisites

Adjective Satellite

  • intense or sharp
    • "suffered exquisite pain"
    • "felt exquisite pleasure"
  • lavishly elegant and refined
  • delicately beautiful
    • "an exquisite cameo"
  • of extreme beauty
    • "her exquisite face"

Adj

  • Specially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
  • 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.
  • Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

Noun

  • Fop, dandy.

Examples

  • exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment
  • exquisite pain or pleasure
  • Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.
  • They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 25

exquisite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
exquisite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exquisite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

exquisite: valid Words With Friends Word