exquisite

Speech parts

1. exquisite - Noun

2. exquisite - Adjective

3. exquisite - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

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Examples

Beware of exquisite language. The language should be simple and elegant. Anton Chekhov

In the name of Hippocrates, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival. Luis Buñuel

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. Arthur Machen

When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness. Lafcadio Hearn

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. Oscar Wilde

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