exquisite

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“I outseek”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/ === Adjective === exquisite (comparative more exquisite, superlative most exquisite) Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional. (obsolete) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== beautiful, delicate, discriminating, perfect ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === exquisite (plural exquisites) (rare) Fop, dandy. [from early 20th c.] Synonyms: macaroni, popinjay; see also Thesaurus:dandy 1925, P. G. Wodehouse, Sam the Sudden, Random House, London:2007, p. 42. So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement. 'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === exquisite inflection of exquisit: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Latin == === Participle === exquīsīte vocative masculine singular of exquīsītus === References === “exquisite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers