esquisito

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === exquisito (pre-standardization spelling) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō. Cognate with Spanish exquisito and English exquisite, both false friends. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -itu Hyphenation: es‧qui‧si‧to === Adjective === esquisito (feminine esquisita, masculine plural esquisitos, feminine plural esquisitas, comparable, superlative o mais esquisito, diminutive esquisitinho, augmentative esquisitão) strange; weird (not normal) Synonym: estranho picky; particular (demanding to have things just right) Synonym: exigente (obsolete) exquisite (especially fine) Synonym: excepcional {{quote-journal|pt|date=17-12-1913|title=Echos|location=w:Rio de Janeiro|journal=O Imparcial|volume=II|issue=378|page=2|pageurl=http://memoria.bn.gov.br/DocReader/107670_01/4906%7Ctext=Tão pouco o sr. Wencesláo Braz promettera a quem quer que fosse trazer […] para o agape do Casino esse prato exquisito e tão apreciado pelos gourmets intellectuaes de outros paizes, mas na politica indigena esdruxulo, insolito, obsoleto e... indigesto.|t=Although Mr. Wencesláo Braz promised to whomever it was to bring […] , to the Casino’s agape, this exquisite dish [dindonneau au perles de Perigord highly appreciated by the intellectual gourmets of other countries, in Indigenous politics [he is] bizarre, errant, obsolete and... indigestible.] ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === esquisito m (plural esquisitos, feminine esquisita, feminine plural esquisitas, augmentative esquisitão) (derogatory) weirdo (strange person) Synonym: esquisitão === Further reading === “esquisito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esquisito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “esquisito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026