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Meaning of 'exquisite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Exquisite [ a.]
- Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
- Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
- Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
2 . Exquisite [ n.]
- One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

Meaning of 'exquisite' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . exquisite [ s]
Meaning (1):
- delicately beautiful
Example in sentence:
  • a dainty teacup;
  • an exquisite cameo
Meaning (2):
- intense or sharp
Example in sentence:
  • felt exquisite pleasure;
  • suffered exquisite pain
Meaning (3):
- of extreme beauty
Example in sentence:
  • her exquisite face

Nearby Words:

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